| ID | 187069 |
| Title Proper | From primal to colonial wound |
| Other Title Information | Bolivian adoptees reclaiming the narrative of healing |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Cawayu, Atamhi ; De Graeve, Katrien |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper provides a critical analysis of the narratives of Bolivian adoptees in Belgium. We discuss how the adoptees look back upon the imagery of family and culture invoked by their parents and wider social environment and how this imagery has affected their sense of self and belonging. We argue that the adoptees’ narratives testify of a discursive struggle to reclaim control over their lives and histories. While they draw upon prevailing discourses that tend to imagine adoptees as ‘wounded’, they do so in diverse, complex and at times contradictory ways. Their perceptions of the familial and cultural imagery show that while they do not entirely reject the idea of being hurt, they seem to make a shift from explaining this ‘wound’ in individual-psychological terms to explaining it in social terms, making use of emerging anti-racist and decolonial perspectives. |
| `In' analytical Note | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 29, No.5; Oct 2022: p. 576-593 |
| Journal Source | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power 2022-10 29, 5 |
| Key Words | Identity Formation ; Healing ; Transnational Adoption ; Bolivian Adoptees ; Colonial Wound ; Culture Work |