Papadada: Reinventing the Family
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Andrew Elfenbein [1] ; John Watkins [1]
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[1] University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
City of Minneapolis, Estados Unidos
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- Localización: Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, ISSN 0732-7730, ISSN-e 1936-1645, Vol. 21, Nº. 2, 2002 (Ejemplar dedicado a: The Adoption Issue), págs. 301-317
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This article examines the ways in which adoptions differ depending on the heteronormativity of the adopting family, in particular, adoptions conducted by heterosexual couples versus homosexual couples. The essay asks, if the pregnant woman is a symbol of American nationalism, then what does adoption by two men symbolize? At issue is not so much disagreement with a homosexual partnership, but rather that such a lifestyle means there will not be a mother to raise the child. The concern that if the family has no mother, then the focus becomes providing a surrogate. This essay examines not only the rhetoric of adoption—that if two men are adopting a child, female role models must somehow be provided—but the problems that same-sex couples face when adopting internationally.
