Exploring Swedish International Adoption Desire

lt;b>Richey Wyver, PhD, is a Learning Designer and Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Having lived in Sweden for several years, he graduated with an MA in International Migration and Ethnic Relations from Malmö University, before pursuing a PhD in Sociology in Auckland. His doctoral research forms the basis of this book. Dr Wyver's research interests also cover racism and anti-racism, and environmental sociology and sustainability.

1. Introduction: Exploring Swedish Adoption Desire.- 2. Race, Colonialism, Eugenics, and International Adoption in Sweden.- 3. From Flat-Packed Furniture to Fascism: Transracial Adoptees in Myths of Swedish Goodness.- 4. Eating the [M]Other: Consumption Fantasies in Swedish Adoption Narratives.- 5. "Too Brown to be Swedish, Too Swedish to be Anything Else": Mimicry and Menace in Swedish Adoption Narratives.- 6. Representation and Resistance: Challenging Swedish Adoption Desire.- 7. Conclusion.