Care, profit, and kinship: tracing the limits of child trafficking

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Autor(a) principal: Fonseca, Claudia
Data de Publicação: 2014
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online)
Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/article/view/15481
Resumo: Focusing on the Brazilian context, I propose in this article to discuss how certain notions involving money, care, and kinship underwrite laws that decree the termination of relations between birth parents and their children who have been adopted into other families. Inspired in discussions on biopolitics, I consider laws and legislation as part of the “new reproductive technologies”. Relying on a multi-sited ethnography in southern Brazil that took me from shanty towns in Porto Alegre to the observation of court proceedings as well as interviews with adoptive parents, I introduce the theme of money in order to bring out some of the arguments used to justify the procedures of “de-kinning” typical of plenary adoption. I then investigate how the legal technologies surrounding adoption influence the sentiments and practices of certain birth and adoptive mothers in Brazil.
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spelling Care, profit, and kinship: tracing the limits of child traffickingLucro, cuidado e parentesco: traçando os limites do “tráfico” de criançasAdoption of children. Kinship. Anthropology of law. Reproductive technologies.Adoção de crianças. Parentesco. Antropologia do direito. Tecnologias reprodutivas.Focusing on the Brazilian context, I propose in this article to discuss how certain notions involving money, care, and kinship underwrite laws that decree the termination of relations between birth parents and their children who have been adopted into other families. Inspired in discussions on biopolitics, I consider laws and legislation as part of the “new reproductive technologies”. Relying on a multi-sited ethnography in southern Brazil that took me from shanty towns in Porto Alegre to the observation of court proceedings as well as interviews with adoptive parents, I introduce the theme of money in order to bring out some of the arguments used to justify the procedures of “de-kinning” typical of plenary adoption. I then investigate how the legal technologies surrounding adoption influence the sentiments and practices of certain birth and adoptive mothers in Brazil.Com foco no contexto brasileiro, proponho neste artigo discutir como determinadas noções envolvendo dinheiro, cuidado e parentesco subjazem às leis que decretam o término do relacionamento entre pais de nascimento e seus filhos que foram adotados por outras famílias. Inspirada em discussões de biopolítica, considero as leis e a legislação como parte das “novas tecnologias reprodutivas”. Apoiando-me numa etnografia multi-situada no Brasil, que me levou das vilas de Porto Alegre à observação de procedimentos no Juizado da Infância e da Juventude, bem como a entrevistas com pais adotivos, introduzo na análise o tema do dinheiro para melhor entender alguns argumentos usados para justificar o processo de “desparenteamento” típico da adoção plena. Investigo então como as tecnologias legais em torno da adoção influenciam os sentimentos, assim como as práticas, de certas mães de nascimento e adotivas no Brasil.Editora da Pucrs - ediPUCRS2014-01-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/article/view/1548110.15448/1984-7289.2013.2.15481Civitas: journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 13 No. 2 (2013): Childhoods and children: knowledge, technologies and practices; 269-291Civitas: revista de Ciências Sociais; Vol. 13 Núm. 2 (2013): Infâncias e crianças: saberes, tecnologias e práticas; 269-291Civitas: revista de Ciências Sociais; v. 13 n. 2 (2013): Infâncias e crianças: saberes, tecnologias e práticas; 269-2911984-72891519-608910.15448/1984-7289.2013.2reponame:Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online)instname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSporhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/article/view/15481/10828Copyright (c) 2016 Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociaishttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFonseca, Claudia2016-08-29T20:28:22Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/15481Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/oaiPRIhttp://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/civitas/oaicivitas@pucrs.br1984-72891519-6089opendoar:2016-08-29T20:28:22Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Care, profit, and kinship: tracing the limits of child trafficking
Lucro, cuidado e parentesco: traçando os limites do “tráfico” de crianças
title Care, profit, and kinship: tracing the limits of child trafficking
spellingShingle Care, profit, and kinship: tracing the limits of child trafficking
Fonseca, Claudia
Adoption of children. Kinship. Anthropology of law. Reproductive technologies.
Adoção de crianças. Parentesco. Antropologia do direito. Tecnologias reprodutivas.
title_short Care, profit, and kinship: tracing the limits of child trafficking
title_full Care, profit, and kinship: tracing the limits of child trafficking
title_fullStr Care, profit, and kinship: tracing the limits of child trafficking
title_full_unstemmed Care, profit, and kinship: tracing the limits of child trafficking
title_sort Care, profit, and kinship: tracing the limits of child trafficking
author Fonseca, Claudia
author_facet Fonseca, Claudia
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Fonseca, Claudia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Adoption of children. Kinship. Anthropology of law. Reproductive technologies.
Adoção de crianças. Parentesco. Antropologia do direito. Tecnologias reprodutivas.
topic Adoption of children. Kinship. Anthropology of law. Reproductive technologies.
Adoção de crianças. Parentesco. Antropologia do direito. Tecnologias reprodutivas.
description Focusing on the Brazilian context, I propose in this article to discuss how certain notions involving money, care, and kinship underwrite laws that decree the termination of relations between birth parents and their children who have been adopted into other families. Inspired in discussions on biopolitics, I consider laws and legislation as part of the “new reproductive technologies”. Relying on a multi-sited ethnography in southern Brazil that took me from shanty towns in Porto Alegre to the observation of court proceedings as well as interviews with adoptive parents, I introduce the theme of money in order to bring out some of the arguments used to justify the procedures of “de-kinning” typical of plenary adoption. I then investigate how the legal technologies surrounding adoption influence the sentiments and practices of certain birth and adoptive mothers in Brazil.
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