Transnational adoption
Subtitle: a cultural economy of race, gender, and kinship
By: Sara K. Dorow.
Series: Nation of newcomers
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9780814719718; 9780814719725
Subjects: Intercountry adoption -- China; Intercountry adoption -- United States; Ethnicity -- China; China -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why China? : identifying histories; title: Matches made on earth : making parents and children for each other; title: Picturing kinship; title: Client, ambassador, and gift : managing adoption exchange; title: Shamian Island : borders of belonging; title: Storied origins : abandonment, adoption, and motherhood; title: American ghosts : cultural identities, racial constructions.