Adoption in India
Subtitle: policies and experiences
By: Vinita Bhargava.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Delhi; Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Adoption -- India.; Adoptive parents -- India.; Adopted children -- India.
Description: "This book is a pioneering study on child adoption in India. Challenging some of the prevailing theories on adoptive parenting through empirical data, it examines the issues that impinge on the development of adopted children in India. Importantly, this is the first book to give space to the voices of children."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Theoretical paradigms and research findings; title: Adoption and the Indian socio-political context; title: Socio-cultural dimensions of adoption in India; title: Researching adoption : the cultural reality; title: Alternative parenting; title: Construction of the self in an adopted child; title: Family interactions and self-evaluations; title: Epilogue.