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Constructing Transnational and Transracial Identity This page intentionally left blank Constructing Transnational and Transracial Identity Adoption and Belonging in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark Sigalit Ben-Zion CONSTRUCTINGTRANSNATIONALANDTRANSRACIALIDENTITY Copyright©SigalitBen-Zion,2014. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 Allrightsreserved. Firstpublishedin2014by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN® intheUnitedStates—adivisionofSt.Martin’sPressLLC, 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,NY10010. WherethisbookisdistributedintheUK,EuropeandtherestoftheWorld, thisisbyPalgraveMacmillan,adivisionofMacmillanPublishersLimited, registeredinEngland,companynumber785998,ofHoundmills, Basingstoke,HampshireRG216XS. PalgraveMacmillanistheglobalacademicimprintoftheabove companiesandhascompaniesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld. Palgrave®andMacmillan®areregisteredtrademarksintheUnited States,theUnitedKingdom,Europeandothercountries. ISBN:978–1–137–48064–4 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Ben-Zion,Sigalit. Constructingtransnationalandtransracialidentity:adoptionand belonginginSweden,Norway,andDenmark/bySigalitBen-Zion. pages cm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978–1–137–48064–4(alk.paper) 1. Adoptees—Scandinavia. 2. Intercountryadoption—Scandinavia. 3. Interethnicadoption—Scandinavia. 4. Groupidentity— Scandinavia. 5. Ethnicity—Scandianvia. 6. Nationalism— Scandinavia. I. Title. HV875.58.S34B462014 362.7340948—dc23 2014023998 DesignbyIntegraSoftwareServices Firstedition:November2014 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 978-1-349-50273-8 ISBN 978-1-137-47282-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137472823 ThisbookisthededicatedtotheInvisibleOne,AFathertoOrphans. Longing Iwalkedslowly incalculatedsteps towardsthepast towardsthegreatwhitestones∗ whichremindedme whatIalreadyhavemanagedtoforget toforgetthelove thelonging thepain thesearch toforgethowmuchIloveyou Ikeptwalkingtowardstheendlesssea Iwantedtotoucheternity thehorizon thewaves thewind thelove thelonging Iwantedtotouchyou Iwhisperedyournametothewaves whokissedtheshoregoodbye Iwhisperedtothewaves whatIcouldn’tsaytoyou IfyouonlyknewhowmuchIlove ifyouonlyknewhowmuchIwant butyoudesertedsuddenlythebattlefield andleftmewiththequestionsandthedoubts andwiththelongingforsomeone whooncewasandisnomore SigalitBen-Zion ∗AmarkofaJewishgrave This page intentionally left blank Contents ListofTables ix Preface:TheUntoldStoryoftheJourneyintotheTwilightZone xi Acknowledgments xv 1 TheAnthropologyofTranscolorAdoptees:Subject,Theory, andMethod 1 2 StockholmFieldwork:FromSt.EriksplantoRinkeby 23 3 “LivingintheTwilightZone” 41 4 “NoOneIsMoreSwedishThanMe!” 61 5 “LoveIsAboveCulture,AboveBlood” 79 6 “It’sLikeTakingaCatandRaisingItLikeaDog” 97 7 “IDidn’tFeelNorwegianEnoughtoWeartheNational Costume” 117 8 “IAmComfortablewiththeFeelingofBeingWhite!” 139 9 “GoingtotheWhiteness” 161 10 TheyCan’tAffordtoStopImagining 181 11 TheConstructionofImaginaryHomelands 193 12 Conclusions 217 Appendix 225 Notes 231 References 247 Index 257 This page intentionally left blank Tables A.1 DemographicInformationforSweden 225 A.2 DemographicInformationforNorway 227 A.3 DemographicInformationforDenmark 229
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