Whatever Next? by Josephine Jay
For adoptees, the word ‘lucky’ gets thrown around a lot. They’re regularly told they’re lucky to not be in an orphanage, lucky to have been brought into a family, lucky to be adopted at all. Often they’re depicted in media as being broken, in need of saving and fixing. Then they’re expected to become the hero of their own journeys and overcome their origins. Whatever Next? considers how these traditional narratives surrounding adoption have both dominated and damaged adoptive communities for many years, and what we should do to avoid these pitfalls. Inspired by the conversations within their Whatever Next? community project, Jo, Addie and Hannah explore the key tropes that adoptees grapple with and how these conversations are evolving, with the goal of kickstarting new dialogues around the adoption experience more broadly, and showcase how beneficial shared discussion can be.
Whatever Next? is a multi-media project started in January 2021 designed to spark a few conversations surrounding adoption. It was born out of conversations we found ourselves having again and again questioning what it was like growing up as a Chinese adoptee in the west. The three of us, Addie, Hannah and Jo met in Edinburgh in 2019 via Facebook group for Chinese adoptees and haven't stopped talking since.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781912489626 |
| ISBN 10 | 1912489627 |
| Titel | Whatever Next? |
| Autor | Josephine Jay |
| Serie | Inklings |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | 404 Ink |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2022-08-25 |
| Seitenanzahl | 112 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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