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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gailey, Christine Ward, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 22.
Subjects:
Adoption > United States.
Interethnic adoption > United States.
Intercountry adoption > United States.
Families > United States.
Kinship > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.