Entregas, adopciones y dilemas en el campo de organismos destinados a la infancia

In this article we analyze the different debates and dilemmas outlined by the so-called "direct surrenders" in the field of institutions and agents responsible for granting the adoption of children. This term designates the surrender that mothers or other members of the biological family make of their children to other people for their adoption. To account for the meanings currently associated to these practices, on one hand, we describe and analyze the process through which the surrender of children performed by public deed was suppressed by Argentine legislation. On the other hand, we focus ...