03137nam 22006374a 450 991081802200332120240516125844.00-8147-2930-40-8147-8476-310.18574/nyu/9780814784761(CKB)1000000000007941(EBL)865956(OCoLC)780425947(SSID)ssj0000284826(PQKBManifestationID)11257232(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284826(PQKBWorkID)10261882(PQKB)10689004(OCoLC)55638577(MdBmJHUP)muse10356(Au-PeEL)EBL865956(CaPaEBR)ebr10032555(DE-B1597)547331(DE-B1597)9780814784761(MiAaPQ)EBC865956(EXLCZ)99100000000000794120010723d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThey're all my children foster mothering in America /Danielle F. Wozniak1st ed.New York New York University Pressc20021 online resource (255 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-9347-9 0-8147-9346-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-241) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Portrait of a Foster Mother (1): "They're All My Children, They're All My Family"; 3 Mothers and Workers: Becoming a Foster Mother; 4 "I'm Their Mother": Fostering, Motherhood, and the Construction of Kinship; 5 Managing Difference, Coping with Delegitimation: Foster Mothers as Nonmothers; 6 Mothering Work and the Art of Fostering; 7 Familial Changes: Integrating Foster Children into the Foster Family; 8 "They Picked Up the Baby and the Baby Was Gone":Mothering and Loss; 9 Portrait of a Foster Mother (2): Motherhood, Loss,and Social Action10 "I Wanna Make It through the Week"11 Conclusion; Appendix: About This Study; Notes; References; Index; About the AuthorThe first book on foster care written from foster mothers' perspectives, They're All My Children voices the often painful experiences of contemporary U.S. foster mothers as they struggle to mother and care-work in the face of exploitative social relations with the state. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, Wozniak, herself a former foster mother and an anthropologist, presents and analyzes women's personal stories about fostering to reflect on the larger socio-cultural context of American family life namely, how we think about kinship, identity, and work. Foster mothers construct endurFoster mothersUnited StatesFoster home careUnited StatesFoster mothersFoster home care362.73/3/0973Wozniak Danielle F1687087MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818022003321They're all my children4060292UNINA