Navigating geotrauma in transnational adoption: A visual journey into first mothers' intimate biographies

IF 1.9 2区 社会学 Q2 GEOGRAPHY
Surangika Jayarathne
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Abstract

This paper explores the intimate biographies of first mothers involved in transnational adoption in Sri Lanka. It specifically examines the experiences of first mothers who relinquished their children for adoption in the 1970s and 1980s, focusing on the often-overlooked act of relinquishment. By amplifying the personal narratives of these first mothers and applying the conceptual lens of geotrauma, the paper explores the trauma inherent in relinquishment, the impact of distance motherhood, and the spaces that facilitate healing. Drawing on insights from feminist geography and interdisciplinary perspectives, this paper sheds light on trauma's intertwined temporal and spatial dimensions in the context of transnational adoption in Sri Lanka. It highlights the importance of recognising survivors as experts in narrating and understanding trauma and the potential for resistance and healing through the mobilisation of place.
在跨国收养中导航地理创伤:进入第一母亲亲密传记的视觉之旅
本文探讨了在斯里兰卡参与跨国收养的第一个母亲的亲密传记。它特别研究了在20世纪70年代和80年代放弃孩子供人收养的第一批母亲的经历,重点关注了经常被忽视的放弃行为。通过放大这些第一批母亲的个人叙述,并应用地理创伤的概念镜头,本文探讨了放弃所固有的创伤,远距离母亲的影响,以及促进愈合的空间。借鉴女权主义地理学和跨学科视角的见解,本文揭示了斯里兰卡跨国收养背景下的创伤交织在一起的时间和空间维度。它强调了承认幸存者是叙述和理解创伤的专家以及通过地方动员进行抵抗和治愈的潜力的重要性。
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3.90
自引率
11.10%
发文量
45
审稿时长
45 days
期刊介绍: Emotion, Space and Society aims to provide a forum for interdisciplinary debate on theoretically informed research on the emotional intersections between people and places. These aims are broadly conceived to encourage investigations of feelings and affect in various spatial and social contexts, environments and landscapes. Questions of emotion are relevant to several different disciplines, and the editors welcome submissions from across the full spectrum of the humanities and social sciences. The journal editorial and presentational structure and style will demonstrate the richness generated by an interdisciplinary engagement with emotions and affects.
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