Mothering, Mixed Families and Racialised Boundaries

Sommario

1. Introduction Ravinder Barn and Vicki Harman 2. ‘Doing the right thing’: transracial adoption in the USA Ravinder Barn 3. The experiences of race in the lives of Jewish birth mothers of children from black/white interracial and inter-religious relationships: a Canadian perspective Channa C. Verbian 4. Researching white mothers of mixed-parentage children: the significance of investigating whiteness Joanne Britton 5. Social capital and the informal support networks of lone white mothers of mixed-parentage children Vicki Harman 6. Narratives from a Nottingham council estate: a story of white working class mothers with mixed-race children Lisa McKenzie

Info autore

Ravinder Barn is Professor of Social Policy at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. She has published widely into the areas of 'race', ethnicity and children and families.
Vicki Harman is Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Drawing on her PhD research, she has written several papers about the situation of white mothers in mixed families.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ravinder Harman Barn
• Con la collaborazione di: Ravinder Barn (Editore), Barn Ravinder (Editore), Vicki Harman (Editore), Harman Vicki (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.02.2014
• EAN: 9780415733748
• ISBN: 978-0-415-73374-8
• Pagine: 120
• Serie: Ethnic and Racial Studies
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Demologia; Ethnic Studies, SELF-HELP / General, Sociology, HEALTH & FITNESS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: customs & traditions, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Health & personal development, Migration, immigration & emigration, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociology: family and relationships, Health, Relationships and Personal development, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General