Somebody's Children : The Politics of Transracial and Transnational Adoption /

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A feminist historian and an adoptive parent, Laura Briggs gives an account of transracial and transnational adoption from the point of view of the mothers and communities that lose their children.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Briggs, Laura, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Internationell adoption.
Adoption.
Kindeswohl.
Interracial adoption.
Intercountry adoption.
Child welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Adoption & Fostering.
Adoption internationale > États-Unis.
Adoption interraciale > États-Unis.
Adoption > États-Unis.
Child welfare > United States.
Intercountry adoption > United States.
Interracial adoption > United States.
Adoption > United States.
USA.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • African American children and adoption, 1950-1975
  • The making of the Indian Child Welfare Act, 1922-1978
  • "Crack babies", race, and adoption reform, 1975-2000
  • From refugees to madonnas of the Cold War
  • Uncivil wars
  • Latin American family values
  • Gay and lesbian adoption in the United States
  • Epilogue: U.S. immigrants : the next fight over race, adoption, and foster care?

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