Transnational Adoption and The Search for Identity and Justice Among Nepalese Adoptees in Spain
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 22414535 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Chandra Kala Clemente Martínez (0000-0002-5643-9704, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, autor de correspondencia), Chandra Kala Clemente-Martínez (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain) |
| Año | 2026 |
| Volumen | 46 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 110-129 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2026-07-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | South Asia Research (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0262-7280 • E-ISSN: 1741-3141 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/02627280261460143 |
| OpenAlex | W7168692890 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 42 |
This article examines Nepalese transnational adoption, focusing on how adoptees navigate identity, confront systemic erasure and resist power structures. Based on ethnographic research conducted in Spain and Nepal, the article underscores the personal and political nature of seeking origins, illustrating how adoptees challenge dominant narratives and demand recognition of their histories. It situates adoptees’ individual searches within broader historical and socio-cultural contexts, offering insights into how adoptees from Nepal navigate identity and belonging, shedding light on the interplay between global adoption policies and South Asian lived experiences. By centring adoptees’ perspectives, the article contributes to debates on kinship, identity and belonging, while also engaging with broader discussions on institutional accountability and human rights in transnational adoption.
Accountability · Economic Justice · Ethnography · Human rights · Identity (music) · Narrative · Politics · Power (physics) · South asia · Child Welfare and Adoption · Children's Rights and Participation · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal
Adopted Territory
Introduction
Corsican Fragments
The Kinning of Foreigners
Legitimating Life
From primal to colonial wound
Homo Sacer
False Narratives
Can First Parents Speak? A Spivakean Reading of First Parents’ Agency and Resistance in Transnational Adoption
Papering the Origins
Expedientes
Organizing Openness
Searching for the Self
Active Waiting and Hope in Transnational Adoptions
Mother, Child, Race, Nation
Intercountry Adoption, Children's Rights and the Politics of Rescue
Origin Narratives
International Adoptions
Rescue, red tape, child abduction, illicit adoptions, and discourse
To Search or Not to Search? Transnational Adopted Individuals’ Reflexive Accounts on Searching for First Parents
Presence
Reproducción por terceras partes en Chile
Complex Encounters of 'Homecoming
Revisiting the Right to Know
I prefer not to know
Irregular adoptions in the Ethiopian-Spanish context
Refiguring Kinship in the Space of Adoption
Constitutive Knowledge
From strangers to families
Search and Communication About Origins in Internationally Adopted Young Adults in Spain
Families, Secrets and Memories
Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Culture Change
How (not) to talk about adoption
Solidarity exclusions
Knowing where you've come from
An Anthropology of Structural Violence
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
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| Altamente citado | No |