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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968078803321

Autore

Gailey Christine Ward <1950->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, c2010

[Place of publication not identified], : University of Texas Press, 2010

ISBN

9780292795143

0292795149

9780292792685

0292792689

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xi, 185 p

Collana

Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; ; bk. 22

Disciplina

362.73408/0973

Soggetti

Adoption - United States

Interethnic adoption - United States

Intercountry adoption - United States

Families - United States

Kinship - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

No detailed description available for "Blue-Ribbon Babies and Labors of Love".