Papering the Origins: Place-Making, Privacy, and Kinship in Spanish International Adoption
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Kinship, Place, and Privacy on Paper
2. Ethnographic Setting and Methods
3. Discussion
3.1. Truth and Falsity
3.2. The Material Document
3.3. Secrecy and Kinship
4. Conclusions
“the traditional family ideal’s ideas about place, space, and territory suggest that families, racial groups, and nation-states require their own unique places or ‘homes’. Because ‘homes’ provide spaces of privacy and security for families, races, and nation-states, they serve as sanctuaries for group members”.
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Legal Materials Referenced in the Text (in Chronological Order)
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Leinaweaver, J. Papering the Origins: Place-Making, Privacy, and Kinship in Spanish International Adoption. Genealogy 2019, 3, 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy3040050
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