Degrading Attitudes Related to Foreign Appearance: Interviews with Swedish Female Adoptees from Asia

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 46-59

  Lindblad, Frank ^a,b   Signell, Sonja ^c,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^d Stress Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

degrading attitudes; discrimination; international adoption; prejudice; racism; transracial adoption; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350285141     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590803200307     Document Type: Article

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