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Broken links, enduring ties : American adoption across race, cClass, and nation /
Family-making in America is in a state of flux-the ways people compose their families is changing, including those who choose to adopt. Broken Links, Enduring Ties is a groundbreaking comparative investigation of transnational and interracial adoptions in America. Linda Seligmann uncovers the impact...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Power and institutions
- Fate and faith : adoption and popular religiosity
- China : culture and place in imaginaries of exoticism
- White Russians
- Black and white crossings
- Broken links and adoption narratives : the power of storytelling
- Doing school : family trees and playground banter
- The anchors of virtual communities
- The children's search and the formation of diasporic communities
- Conclusion : ties that bind.
- Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Power and Institutions; 2. Fate and Faith: Adoption and Popular Religiosity; 3. China: Culture and Place in Imaginaries of Exoticism; 4. White Russians; Photographs; 5. Black and White Crossings; 6. Broken Links and Adoption Narratives: The Power of Storytelling; 7. Doing School: Family Trees and Playground Banter; 8. The Anchors of Virtual Communities; 9. The Children's Search and the Formation of Diasporic Communities; Conclusion: Ties that Bind; Appendix: Characteristics of Adoptive Families Interviewed; Notes.