The Effect of the Colonialist Terms “Orphan” and “Adoption” on the Citizenship status of Indigenous Fijian Adoptees within Their own Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erica Newman
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 309-318
Description
Article interrogates the use of the terms “orphan” and “adoption” in contrast to traditional Fijian practices of kinship and caring for children; discusses the implications of colonial enforcement of these terms and systems on children and their status within their own communities.