'Homework' and transnational adoption screening in Spain: the co‐production of home and family
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, Centro AFIN, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Edificio B13, c/ Vila Puig s/n 08193 Bellaterra Cerdanyola del Vallès Spain, Independent Scholar and Museum Consultant |
| ANO | 2017 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute |
| ISSN | 1359-0987 |
| E-ISSN | 1467-9655 |
| EDITORA | Sage Publications (United States) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9655.12652 |
| CITAÇÕES | 5 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
| MD5 |
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Resumo
We use the transnational adoption screening process as a lens for examining the co‐production of the home and the family in Spain. We propose the term 'homework' to describe the efforts of adoption applicants toperforman appropriate home and thus receive approval to adopt. The transnational adoption screening process is a key site of state‐individual interaction for communicating a set of classed, gendered norms. Through that process, participants ratify the authority of professionals to distinguish between adequate and inadequate ways to live. As such, our analysis demonstrates how moral authority is ascribed to material objects, as we document the strong link between 'appropriate' housing and growing families as an explanatory factor for the demographic effects of economic crises.