Blue-Ribbon Babies and Labors of Love - Race, Class, and Gender in U.s. Adoption Practice

Klappentext Most Americans assume that shared genes or blood relationships provide the strongest basis for family. What can adoption tell us about this widespread belief and American kinship in general? This book examines the ways class! gender! and race shape public and private adoption in the United States. Zusammenfassung An examination of race, class, and gender issues surrounding kinship and family formation in America, seen through the lens of adoption.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Ward Gailey
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2010
• EAN: 9780292721272
• ISBN: 978-0-292-72127-2
• No. of pages: 199
• Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series; Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system