Life lines : writing transcultural adoption /

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"Adoptions that cross the lines of culture, race and nation are a major consequence of conflicts around the globe, yet their histories and representations have rarely been considered. Life Lines: Writing Transcultural Adoption is the first critical study to explore narratives of transcultural a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McLeod, John, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Series:New horizons in contemporary writing.
Subjects:
Interracial adoption in literature.
Intercountry adoption in popular culture.
Adoption interraciale dans la littérature.
Literary studies: post-colonial literature.
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
Literary studies: from c 1900.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Intercountry adoption in popular culture
Interracial adoption in literature
Literature.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Transcultural Adoption and Adoptive Being
  • 1 Secrets: Mike Leigh, Andrea Levy, Mei-Ling Hopgood
  • 2 Histories: E.R. Braithwaite, Toni Morrison, Sebastian Barry
  • 3 Traces: Hannah Pool, Buchi Emecheta, Catherine McKinley
  • 4 Bearings: Barbara Kingsolver, Caryl Phillips, Jackie Kay
  • Coda: Victoria Station, 1969/2015
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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