LEADER 03058nam 22006014a 450 001 9910449980203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-2930-4 010 $a0-8147-8476-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000007941 035 $a(EBL)865956 035 $a(OCoLC)780425947 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284826 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11257232 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284826 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10261882 035 $a(PQKB)10689004 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865956 035 $a(OCoLC)55638577 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10356 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865956 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10032555 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000007941 100 $a20010723d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThey're all my children$b[electronic resource] $efoster mothering in America /$fDanielle F. Wozniak 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-9347-9 311 $a0-8147-9346-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-241) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Action 327 $a10 "I Wanna Make It through the Week"11 Conclusion; Appendix: About This Study; Notes; References; Index; About the Author 330 $aThe 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 endur 606 $aFoster mothers$zUnited States 606 $aFoster home care$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFoster mothers 615 0$aFoster home care 676 $a362.73/3/0973 700 $aWozniak$b Danielle F$01054145 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910449980203321 996 $aThey're all my children$92486518 997 $aUNINA