Adoption, family and the paradox of origins a Foucauldian history / Sally Sales.
| Author/creator | Sales, Sally, 1957- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, |
| Description | ix, 216 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life. ^A788200 |
| Contents | Introducing the study -- Family as cause and cure: the emergence of adoption -- Contested involvements: adoption before the Second World War -- Differences denied: the normalisation of adoption -- Differences and identities: the making of contemporary adoption -- Contested attachments: the controversial emergence of "open adoption" -- Introducing the archive study -- Knowing or transforming the self: tracing letterbox contact -- Identity through injury: unfit mothers and direct contact -- Conclusions. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-210) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011049022 |
| ISBN | 9780230276253 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0230276253 (alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |