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Citation |
Leinaweaver JB. Am. Ethnol. 2007; 34(1): 163-180. |
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(Copyright © 2007, John Wiley and Sons) |
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Abstract |
In this article, I draw from ethnographic research in Ayacucho, Peru, to describe how rural-to-urban migrants move children between houses as part of a common survival and betterment strategy in the context of social and economic inequality. Such “child circulations” produce and strengthen kinship and are an important part of local family-making efforts. My investigation of child circulation grounds a critical assessment of Peru's globalized adoption system, which implicitly denaturalizes the parenting of poor, indigenous Peruvians. |