Weaving a family : untangling race and adoption / Barbara Katz Rothman.

Author/creator Rothman, Barbara Katz
Format Book
Publication InfoBoston : Beacon Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxi, 274 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Preface : a word on theory, method, language (and source notes) -- Personal strands -- Family, obviously -- Our story -- Motherhood, adoption and race -- Unraveling the pieces -- Motherhood in the marketplace -- Adoption in the age of genetics -- Talking about race -- What I learned at the Schomburg -- Images -- Children of a diaspora -- Protégés -- The pet -- The trophy child -- Imagine -- Weaving the pieces -- Home from the Schomburg -- Going places -- Culture : celebrating diversity -- Identity : pride and joy -- Entitlement : that can't be your baby -- Hair : braiding together culture, identity and entitlement -- Weaving a way home.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004021448
ISBN0807028282 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HV875.64 .R68 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold