Philosophies of Adoption

Perspectives and Reflections

Lisa Cassidy, Mianna Lotz, Bonnie Mann , Susan Devan Harness

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Lexington Books
06 June 2024

Social & political philosophy; Adoption & fostering; Social work; Social, group or collective psychology; Adoption

Edited by Lisa Cassidy and Mianna Lotz, Philosophies of Adoption: Perspectives and Reflections explores contemporary philosophical analysis of adoption, providing insight into new and underexplored topics in the field. Three scholarly developments are central to the emerging philosophical discourse on adoption explored in this volume: a problematizing of the adoption triangle or ""triad"", a critique of the so-called “bio-normative family"", and an attention to specific issues in transracial and First Nations adoption. The book’s contributors expand on all three of these areas by addressing a range of questions—How does being adopted shape self-knowledge and identity? What challenges arise at the intersection of race and adoption? What can be learned about epistemic justice, identity, and belonging from transracial adoption? What are the narratives told about adoption?—to show how current conditions and lived adoptee experiences give new shape, meaning, and importance to philosophical thinking about adoption. Showcasing a diversity of styles and standpoints, and organized into three core themes—situating adoption, knowing adoption, and telling adoption—this book grapples with the adoption experience, historical and recent developments in adoption practice, and emerging directions in philosophical scholarship.

Contributions by: Bonnie Mann, Susan Devan Harness, Taylor-Jai Mcalister
Edited by: Lisa Cassidy, Mianna Lotz
Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 237mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9781666933567
ISBN 10: 1666933562
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 06 June 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Lisa Cassidy and Mianna Lotz Part I: Situating Adoption: Histories, Contexts, Boundaries Chapter 1: Adoption, Race, and Rescue: Transracial Adoption and Lesbian/Gay Ascendency to Whiteness Bonnie Mann Chapter 2: Racist Structures of American Indian Interracial Adoption Susan Devan Harness Chapter 3: ‘Unsettling’ Adoption: Rethinking Parenting in the Shadow of Colonialism Mianna Lotz, Colin Macleod, and Taylor-Jai Mcalister Part II: Knowing Adoption: Epistemic Justice and Injustice Chapter 4: Adopting Silence: On Adoptee Disenfranchisement and Epistemic Injustice Ryan Gustafsson and Michele Merritt Chapter 5: Adoption Stories and Epistemic Neglect Cara O’Connor Chapter 6: Racial Belonging and Identity: Impacts on Transracial Adoptees’ Epistemic and Moral Agency Nabina Liebow and Ryan Gustafsson Part III: Telling Adoption: The Stories We Tell Chapter 7: Heavy with Child: Infertile Attachments, Existential Racism, and Geneticism Frances Latchford Chapter 8: Adoption in New Media: Changing the Narrative? Lisa Cassidy Chapter 9: Excerpt from The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption Shannon Gibney Chapter 10: “It’s So Very Layered”: In Conversation with Shannon Gibney Shannon Gibney, Lisa Cassidy, and Mianna Lotz

Lisa Cassidy is associate professor of philosophy at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Mianna Lotz is associate professor of philosophy at Macquarie University.

Reviews for Philosophies of Adoption: Perspectives and Reflections

"""This lovely collection complements and enriches contemporary philosophical debates about adoption. It engages with the ethical, epistemological, social, and political implications of adoption, and does so with what is in my view a welcome emphasis on the experiences of adult adoptees. Individually, the papers are sophisticated and insightful; collectively they mark an important step forward in our thinking about the historical, personal, and normative dimensions of adoption."" --Andrew Botterell, University of Western Ontario"