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Adoption, Family and the Paradox of Origins

A Foucauldian History

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Sally Sales

    1. University of East London, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  3. The Open Archive

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Introducing the Archive Study

      • Sally Sales
      Pages 141-150

    3. Knowing or Transforming the Self: Tracing Letterbox Contact

      • Sally Sales
      Pages 151-170

    4. Identity through Injury: Unfit Mothers and Direct Contact

      • Sally Sales
      Pages 171-189

    5. Conclusions

      • Sally Sales
      Pages 190-196

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 197-216
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About this book

It is now over 20 years since 'open adoption' was first introduced, but it remains a controversial and contested part of social work practice. This innovative and far ranging book sets out to understand why the practice of keeping adopted children in touch with their kinship origins is still so questioned in contemporary adoption work. Written by an experienced practitioner in the field, this book applies, for the first time, Foucauldian methodology to analyze and understand adoption social work, making it essential reading for a wide audience in the social sciences.

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'Sally Sales's book is a very welcome addition to the 'Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life' series and makes a significant and important contribution to the literature on adoption.' -Stephen Kicks, Reader in School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Salford, British Journal of Social Work

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of East London, UK

    Sally Sales

About the author

SALLY SALES Psychoanalyst in private practice in South East Cornwall and Chair of Training for the Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis in both London and the South West, UK. She also teaches part-time at the University of East London, UK, on the Psycho-Social Studies degree course. She has worked professionally in the field of adoption for many years as a researcher, consultant and trainer.

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