Birthmarks : Transracial Adoption in Contemporary America.

Can White parents teach their Black children African American culture and history? Can they impart to them the survival skills necessary to survive in the racially stratified United States? Concerns over racial identity have been at the center of controversies over transracial adoption since the 197...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Patton, Sandra
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2000.
Temas:
Adoption > Government policy > United States.
African Americans > Race identity.
Adoptees > United States > Interviews.
Interracial adoption > United States.
Adoption > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Noirs américains > Identité ethnique.
Adoptés > États-Unis > Entretiens.
Adoption interraciale > États-Unis.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Adoption & Fostering.
Adoptees
Adoption > Government policy
African Americans > Race identity
Interracial adoption
United States
Interviews
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Can White parents teach their Black children African American culture and history? Can they impart to them the survival skills necessary to survive in the racially stratified United States? Concerns over racial identity have been at the center of controversies over transracial adoption since the 1970s, as questions continually arise about whether White parents are capable of instilling a positive sense of African American identity in their Black children. "[An] empathetic study of meanings of cross-racial adoption to adoptees"--Law and Politics Book Review, Vol. 11, No. 11, Nov. 200.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (236 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and index.
ISBN:9780814768723
0814768725

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