They're All My Children : Foster Mothering in America.

The first book on foster care written from foster mothers' perspectives, They're All My Children voices the often painful experiences of contemporary U.S. foster mothers as they struggle to mother and care-work in the face of exploitative social relations with the state. Drawing on extensi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wozniak, Danielle
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2001.
Temas:
Foster mothers > United States.
Foster home care > United States.
Mères d'accueil > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work.
Foster home care
Foster mothers
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The first book on foster care written from foster mothers' perspectives, They're All My Children voices the often painful experiences of contemporary U.S. foster mothers as they struggle to mother and care-work in the face of exploitative social relations with the state. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, Wozniak, herself a former foster mother and an anthropologist, presents and analyzes women's personal stories about fostering to reflect on the larger socio-cultural context of American family life namely, how we think about kinship, identity, and work. Foster mothers construct endur.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (255 pages)
ISBN:9780814784761
0814784763

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