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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791221603321

Autore

Riley Nancy

Titolo

Making families through adoption [[electronic resource] /] / Nancy E. Riley, Krista E. Van Vleet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : Pine Forge, c2012

ISBN

1-4833-4955-1

1-4522-3764-6

1-4522-2464-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 155 p.) : ill., maps

Collana

Contemporary family perspectives

Altri autori (Persone)

Van VleetKrista E. <1965->

Disciplina

362.7340973

Soggetti

Adoption - United States

Families - United States

Intercountry adoption

Interracial adoption

Interethnic adoption

Adoption

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Adoption across cultures -- Adoption in the United States : historical perspectives -- Adoption : private decisions, public influences -- Race, ethnicity, and racism in adoption and fosterage systems -- The practices of transnational adoption.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume examines adoption as a way of understanding the practices and ideology of kinship and family more generally. It focuses primarily on adoption practices in the US but will also use examples of adoption and fostering across cultures to put those American adoption practices into a comparative context.