Children and the politics of cultural belonging
Alice Hearst, Smith College
- Resource Type:
- E-Book
- Publication:
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2012
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- Summary:
- "This book explores the debate over communal and cultural belonging in three contexts: domestic transracial adoptions of non-American Indian children, the scope of tribal authority over American Indian children, and cultural and communal belonging for transnationally adopted children"-- [Provided by publisher]
"Providing families for children in need is unquestionably a worthy goal. Adoption conjures soft-focus images of abandoned and vulnerable innocents welcomed into families who can love and nurture them. People who choose to engage in stranger adoptions - adoptions that do not involve kin or stepparents - are typically motivated both by a desire to become a parent and by a wish to do good in the world. The families thus created are, in fact, miraculous, and these families often work hard not only to provide for a found and chosen child but to give back to the communities from which the child originated. The uplifting story of family creation enabled by adoption, however, tows a darker story of marginalization and loss in its wake. Historically, adoption in the United States was not simply about providing care for needy children; it was also explicitly driven by the desire to move children from unsuitable to suitable families"-- [Provided by publisher] - Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Children, law, and belonging; 2. Community, identity, and the importance of belonging; 3. Rainbow dreams and domestic transracial adoption; 4. Reclaiming the diaspora: American Indian children; 5. Transnational adoption in a shifting world; 6. Conclusion.
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- Languages:
- English
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- Item content: English
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- Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web. - Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Digital Characteristics:
- text file
- Call Numbers:
- HV875.64 .H43 2012eb
- ISBNs:
- 1139570919 (electronic bk.)
9781139570916 (electronic bk.)
9781107017863 [Invalid]
1107017866 [Invalid] - OCLC Numbers:
- 812174477
- Other Control Numbers:
- EBC1025039 (source: MiAaPQ)