Laura Briggs

Somebody's Children

The Politics of Transracial and Transnational Adoption

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Produktbeschreibung

A feminist historian and an adoptive parent, Laura Briggs gives an account of transracial and transnational adoption from the point of view of the mothers and communities that lose their children.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 679g
• ISBN-13: 9780822351474
• ISBN-10: 0822351471
• Artikelnr.: 34229677

Autorenporträt

Laura Briggs

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Part I. Transracial Adoption in the United States
1. African American Children and Adoption, 1950-1975 27
2. The Making of the Indian Child Welfare Act, 1922-1978 59
3. "Crack Babies," Race, and Adoption Reform, 1975-2000 94
Part II. Transnational Adoption and Latin America
4. From Refugees to Madonnas of the Cold War 129
5. Uncivil Wars 160
6. Latin American Family Values 197
Part III. Emerging Fights Over the Politics of Adoption
7. Gay and Lesbian Adoption in the United States 241
Epilogue. U.S. Immigrants: The Next Fight over Race, Adoption, and Foster
Care? 269
Notes 285
Bibliography 319
Index 353