03025nam 22006974a 450 991081548960332120200520144314.00-8147-6813-X0-8147-6872-50-585-42477-210.18574/nyu/9780814768723(CKB)111056486728312(EBL)866141(OCoLC)779828440(SSID)ssj0000112649(PQKBManifestationID)11134256(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000112649(PQKBWorkID)10087792(PQKB)11704250(MiAaPQ)EBC866141(OCoLC)50706141(MdBmJHUP)muse10176(Au-PeEL)EBL866141(CaPaEBR)ebr10032550(DE-B1597)547895(DE-B1597)9780814768723(EXLCZ)9911105648672831220000622d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBirthMarks transracial adoption in contemporary America /Sandra Patton1st ed.New York New York University Press20001 online resource (236 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-6682-X 0-8147-6681-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-215) and index.CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Narratives of Adoption, Roots, and Identity; ONE: Origin Narratives; TWO: Navigating Racial Routes; THREE: Searching: "I Have a Family with No Blood"; FOUR: Producing "IL/Legitimate" Citizens: Transracial Adoption and Welfare Reform; Conclusion: Narratives of Identity, Race, and Nation; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorCan White parents teach their Black children African American culture and history? Can they impart to them the survival skills necessary to survive in the racially stratified United States? Concerns over racial identity have been at the center of controversies over transracial adoption since the 1970's, as questions continually arise about whether White parents are capable of instilling a positive sense of African American identity in their Black children. ""[An] empathetic study of meanings of cross-racial adoption to adoptees"". -Law and Politics Book Review, Vol. 11, No. 11, Nov. 2001.Birth marksInterracial adoptionUnited StatesAdopteesUnited StatesInterviewsAfrican AmericansRace identityAdoptionGovernment policyUnited StatesInterracial adoptionAdopteesAfrican AmericansRace identity.AdoptionGovernment policy362.73/4/0973Patton Sandra Lee1680240MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815489603321BirthMarks4048850UNINA