Weaving a family
Subtitle: untangling race and adoption
By: Barbara Katz Rothman.
Publisher: Beacon Press books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Interracial adoption -- United States; Interracial adoption -- United States -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface : a word on theory, method, language (and source notes); title: Personal strands; title: Family, obviously; title: Our story; title: Motherhood, adoption and race; title: Unraveling the pieces; title: Motherhood in the marketplace; title: Adoption in the age of genetics; title: Talking about race; title: What I learned at the Schomburg; title: Images; title: Children of a diaspora; title: Protégés; title: The pet; title: The trophy child; title: Imagine; title: Weaving the pieces; title: Home from the Schomburg; title: Going places; title: Culture : celebrating diversity; title: Identity : pride and joy; title: Entitlement : that can't be your baby; title: Hair : braiding together culture, identity and entitlement; title: Weaving a way home.