International Adoption: Global Inequalities and the Circulation of Children Book

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction: The Circulation of Children Laura Briggs Diana Marre 1

Part I Defining Reproduction: Law, Strangers, Family, Kin 29

1 The Movement of Children for International Adoption: Developments and Trends in Receiving States and States of Origin, 1998-2004 Peter Selman 32

2 International Adoption: Lessons from Hawai'i Judith Schachter 52

3 The Social Temporalities of Adoption and the Limits of Plenary Adoption Francoise-Romaine Ouellette 69

4 The Desire for Parenthood among Lesbians and Gay Men Martine Gross Leo Thiers-Vidal 87

5 Refiguring Kinship in the Space of Adoption Barbara Yngvesson 103

6 The Transnational Adoption of a Related Child in Quebec, Canada Chantal Collard 119

Part II Perspectives from Sending Countries 135

7 Baby-Bearing Storks: Brazilian Intermediaries in the Adoption Process Domingos Abreu 138

8 Transnational Connections and Dissenting Views: The Evolution of Child Placement Policies in Brazil Claudia Fonseca 154

9 International Adoption in Russia: "Market," "Children for Organs," and "Precious" or "Bad" Genes Lilia Khabibullina 174

10 The Medicalization of Adoption in and from Peru Jessaca B. Leinaweaver 190

11 Children, Individuality, Family: Discussing Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Adoption in Lithuania Auksuole Cepaitiene 208

Part III Experiences in Receiving Countries 223

12 "We Do Not Have Immigrant Children at This School, We Just Have Children Adopted from Abroad": Flexible Understandings of Children's "Origins" Diana Marre 226

13 Routes to the Roots: Toward an Anthropology of Genealogical Practices Caroline Legrand 244

14 Return Journeys and theSearch for Roots: Contradictory Values Concerning Identity Signe Howell 256

15 Mothers for Others: Between Friendship and the Market Anne Cadoret Margaret Dunham 271

16 Seeking Sisters: Twinship and Kinship in an Age of Internet Miracles and DNA Technologies Toby Alice Volkman 283

About the Contributors 303

Index 309