03334pam 22004934a 450 99620055360331620230828234906.0(CKB)1000000000726756(MH)010166165-7(EXLCZ)99100000000072675620050927d2006 ub 0engAdoptive families in a diverse society /edited by Katarina Wegar[electronic resource]New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20061 online resource (xi, 289 p. )0-8135-3842-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction / Katarina Wegar -- Adoption and the culture of genetic determinism / Barbara Katz Rothman -- Family ideals and the social construction of modern adoption : a historical perspective / Julie Berebitsky -- Adoption and public opinion : implications for social support and practice in adoption / Charlene E. Miall and Karen March -- Adoption in the media : in need of editing / Adam Pertman -- Urchins, orphans, monsters, and victims : images of adoptive families in U.S. commercial films, 1950-2000 / Christine Ward Gailey -- Adoption and identity in social context / Emily Upshur and Jack Demick -- Adoptive fatherhood : gender, identity, and sociocultural considerations / Ramon Hinojosa, Melanie Sberna, and William Marsiglio -- Family values : gay men and adoption in America / Ellen Lewin -- "Real" mothers : adoptive mothers resisting marginalization and recreating motherhood / Betsy Smith, Janet L. Surrey, and Mary Watkins -- "Whatever they think of us, we're a family" : single mother adopters / Christine Ward Gailey -- Open adoption and family boundaries / Deborah H. Siegel -- Adoption, foster care, and guardianship in minority families / Sandra T. Azar and Lisa K. Hill -- Interracial couples, multiracial people, and the color line in adoption / Heather M. Dalmage -- My child, my choice : parental well-being in the adoption of children with developmental disabilities / Laraine Masters Glidden -- Identity, race, and culture in adoption : ethical values in the power of language / Janet Farrell Smith -- Adoption and identity : nomadic possibilities for reconceiving the self / Mary Watkins.AdoptionUnited StatesFamiliesUnited StatesKinshipUnited StatesAdoptive parentsUnited StatesAdoptionUnited StatesPublic opinionCultural pluralismUnited StatesIdentity (Psychology)United StatesAdoptionFamiliesKinshipAdoptive parentsAdoptionPublic opinion.Cultural pluralismIdentity (Psychology)362.7340973Wegar Katarina984101DLCDLCBAKERC#PDLCBOOK996200553603316Adoptive families in a diverse society2247414UNISAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress