About Paternal Voices in Adoption Narratives
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In his article "About Paternal Voices in Adoption Narratives emerging voices of fathers in adoption discourse. stereotypical profile of birth fathers and the father overall, birth fathers in narratives resort to essentialism or victimhood, a cultural imagination in adoption discourse. adoption narratives by adoptive fathers relationship — either rivalry or alliance the structural deadlock. Chen argues political subject. Using the example of protagonist of Chang demonstrates a potential to develop into an et > ISSN 1481-4374 Issue 1 (March 2014) Article 5 Paternal Voices in Adoption Narratives" b.purdue.edu/clcweb/vol16/iss1/5>
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