Blue-ribbon babies and labors of love : race, class, and gender in U.S. adoption practice /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gailey, Christine Ward, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2010.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 22.
Temas:
Adoption > United States.
Interethnic adoption > United States.
Intercountry adoption > United States.
Families > United States.
Kinship > United States.
Adoption > États-Unis.
Adoption interethnique > États-Unis.
Adoption internationale > États-Unis.
Familles > États-Unis.
Parenté > États-Unis.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Adoption & Fostering.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Adoption
Families
Intercountry adoption
Interethnic adoption
Kinship
Adoptionsvermittlung
Interethnische Adoption
Adoptivfamilie
Familie
Geschlechterrolle
Konzeption
Rasse
Soziale Klasse
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Profiling adoption in the United States today
  • "Kids need families to turn out right": public agency adopters
  • Transracial adoption in practice
  • Making kinship in the wake of history: older child adoption
  • The global search for "blue-ribbon babies": international adoption
  • Inclusive, exclusive, and contractual families: what adoption can tell us about kinship today.

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