To kin a transnationally adopted child in Norway and Spain: The achievement of resemblances and belonging

Ethnos

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 293-316

  Howell, Signe ^a   Marre, Diana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Kinning processes; Symbolizing bodies; Transnational adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748106677     PISSN: 00141844     EISSN: 1469588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00141840600902679     Document Type: Article

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