An edition of Weaving a Family (2005)

Weaving a family

untangling race and adoption

Weaving a family
Barbara Katz Rothman, Barbara ...
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An edition of Weaving a Family (2005)

Weaving a family

untangling race and adoption

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Publisher
Beacon Press books
Language
English
Pages
274

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Cover of: Weaving a Family
Weaving a Family: Untangling Race and Adoption
May 15, 2006, Beacon Press
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Cover of: Weaving a Family
Weaving a Family: Untangling Race and Adoption
May 15, 2005, Beacon Press
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Cover of: Weaving a family
Weaving a family: untangling race and adoption
2005, Beacon Press books
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-263) and index.

Published in
Boston
Genre
Case studies

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.734/089/00973
Library of Congress
HV875.64 .R68 2005, HV875.64.R68 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 274 p. ;
Number of pages
274

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL23276860M
ISBN 10
0807028282
LCCN
2004021448
OCLC/WorldCat
56559141
LibraryThing
353573
Goodreads
3401801

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1878963W

First Sentence

"This book is about how we weave a family, how we weave ourselves into the world through familial ties."

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