Blue-Ribbon Babies and Labors of Love: Race, Class, and Gender in U.S. Adoption Practice
Autor Christine Ward Gaileyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 ian 2010
Moving beyond the ideology of "blood is thicker than water," Gailey presents a new way of viewing kinship and family formation, suitable to times of rapid social and cultural change.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780292725706
ISBN-10: 0292725701
Pagini: 199
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
ISBN-10: 0292725701
Pagini: 199
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Notă biografică
Christine Ward Gailey is Professor of Women's Studies and Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside. She is also the author of Kinship to Kingship: Gender Hierarchy and State Formation in the Tongan Islands.
Cuprins
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Profiling Adoption in the United States Today
- Chapter 2. "Kids Need Families to Turn Out Right": Public Agency Adopters
- Chapter 3. Transracial Adoption in Practice
- Chapter 4. Making Kinship in the Wake of History: Older Child Adoption
- Chapter 5. The Global Search for "Blue-Ribbon Babies": International Adoption
- Chapter 6. Inclusive, Exclusive, and Contractual Families: What Adoption Can Tell Us about Kinship Today
- Notes
- References
- Index
Descriere
An examination of race, class, and gender issues surrounding kinship and family formation in America, seen through the lens of adoption.