Briggs Somebody's Children

The Politics of Transracial and Transnational Adoption
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9495-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 376 Seiten

A feminist historian and an adoptive parent, Laura Briggs gives an account of transracial and transnational adoption from the point of view of the mothers and communities that lose their children.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Briggs, Laura

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

Part I. Transracial Adoption in the United States

1. African American Children and Adoption, 1950–1975 27

2. The Making of the Indian Child Welfare Act, 1922–1978 59

3. "Crack Babies," Race, and Adoption Reform, 1975–2000 94

Part II. Transnational Adoption and Latin America

4. From Refugees to Madonnas of the Cold War 129

5. Uncivil Wars 160

6. Latin American Family Values 197

Part III. Emerging Fights Over the Politics of Adoption

7. Gay and Lesbian Adoption in the United States 241

Epilogue. U.S. Immigrants: The Next Fight over Race, Adoption, and Foster Care? 269

Notes 285

Bibliography 319

Index 353

Über Autor(innen)

Laura Briggs is Chair and Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the author of Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico and coeditor of International Adoption: Global Inequalities and the Circulation of Children.