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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819425503321

Autore

Simon Rita J (Rita James), <1931-2013.>

Titolo

In their parents' voices : reflections on raising transracial adoptees / / Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2007

ISBN

1-322-59208-X

0-231-51235-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

RoordaRhonda M. <1969->

Disciplina

649/.14508900973

Soggetti

Interracial adoption - United States

Adoptive parents - United States

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.

Nota di contenuto

pt.1. The children from In their own voices -- pt. 2. The parents -- pt. 3. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories shared the experiences of twenty-four black and biracial children who had been adopted into white families in the late 1960s and 70s. The book has since become a standard resource for families and practitioners, and now, in this sequel, we hear from the parents of these remarkable families and learn what it was like for them to raise children across racial and cultural lines.These candid interviews shed light on the issues these parents encountered, what part race played during thirty plus years of parenting, what they learned about themselves, and whether they would recommend transracial adoption to others. Combining trenchant historical and political data with absorbing firsthand accounts, Simon and Roorda once more bring an academic and human dimension to the literature on transracial adoption.