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Diver, Alice

Alice Diver is Lecturer in Family Law at The School of Law, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 
Genetic Stigma in Law and Literature</a>

Genetic Stigma in Law and Literature

This book critically analyses the way in which traditional sociocultural and legal biases might be perpetuated against those with unknown – or unknowable –  genetic ancestries. It looks to law and works of literature across differing eras and genres focussing upon such concepts as inherited stigma, illegitimacy, orphanisation, adoption, othering, reunion, and the ‘right’ to access truths that relate to one’s original identity.

Genetic Stigma in Law and Literature</a>

Genetic Stigma in Law and Literature

This book critically analyses the way in which traditional sociocultural and legal biases might be perpetuated against those with unknown – or unknowable –  genetic ancestries. It looks to law and works of literature across differing eras and genres focussing upon such concepts as inherited stigma, illegitimacy, orphanisation, adoption, othering, reunion, and the ‘right’ to access truths that relate to one’s original identity.