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Blue-ribbon babies and labors of love : race, class, and gender in U.S. adoption practice /
This book examines the ways class, gender, and race shape public and private adoption in the United States. The author analyzes the controversies surrounding international, public, and transracial adoption, and how the political and economic dynamics that shape adoption policies and practices affect...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin, TX :
University of Texas Press,
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ;
bk. 22. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book examines the ways class, gender, and race shape public and private adoption in the United States. The author analyzes the controversies surrounding international, public, and transracial adoption, and how the political and economic dynamics that shape adoption policies and practices affect the lives of people in the adoption nexus: adopters, adoptees, birth parents, and agents within and across borders. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 185 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780292795143 0292795149 0292721277 9780292721272 |