Adopted Women and Biological Fathers : Reimagining stories of origin and trauma (Hardcover)

Preface Introduction 1. Wounded Women: The discursive construction of adoption and maternal separation trauma 2. Trauma Culture Interlude 13. Adopted Women and The Missing Father: Paternal absence and the production of truth Interlude2 4. In Their Own Words: Adopted women, otherness and the quest for truth 5. The Search for Origins: Self-discovery, fragmentation and the fantasy of return 6. Naming and Giving Voice: Rethinking the ways in which adopted women and biological fathers have been constituted7. Who am I?: Adopted women’s storied and subject positions8. Becoming an Adoptive Subject Interlude 3 9. Multiple Voices/Multiple Selves Conclusion Appendix References