Little Strangers: Portrayals of Adoption and Foster Care in America, 1850-1929
Product DescriptionWhen Massachusetts passed America’s first comprehensive adoption law in 1851, the usual motive for taking in an unrelated child was presumed to be the need for cheap labor. But by 1929—the first year that every state had an adoption law—the adoptee’s main function was seen as emotional. Little Strangers examines the representations of adoption and foster care produced over the intervening years. Claudia Nelson argues that adoption texts reflect changing atti. . . More >>
Little Strangers: Portrayals of Adoption and Foster Care in America, 1850-1929
Lost generation: adoption in America has collapsed; here’s what to do about it. : An article from: National Review
Product DescriptionThis digital document is an article from National Review, published by National Review, Inc. on August 4, 2008. The length of the article is 3968 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: Lost generation: adoption in America has collapsed; here’s wh. . . More >>
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Birthmarks: Transracial Adoption in Contemporary America
Catalog DescriptionCan white parents teach their children African American culture and black history? They can give you the survival skills needed to survive in racially stratified United States? Concern about racial identity have been at the center of the controversy over interracial adoption since 1970, as questions continually arise about whether white parents are able to instill a positive sense of identity to their children African American, white black. By I.. . More>>
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Adoption Mystique: a tough strong negative social stigma Exposé This comes in the adoption of children in the United States of America
The catalog description PDOs Mys-tique TION: N. cultural framework for the law-making around and practice, beliefs, myths and attitudes that enhance the meaning, value and mystery. MYSTIQUEexposes adoption papers and face the negative social effects of stigma on the adoption of the institutions, practices, adoptees, adoptive and biological parents. This is a timely counterpoint to the misinformation and prejudices which created maintenance. . . More>>
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