BirthMarks : transracial adoption in contemporary America / Sandra Patton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patton-Imani, Sandra.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interracial adoption--United States.

Interracial adoption.

Adoptees--United States--Interviews.

Adoptees.

African Americans--Race identity.

African Americans.

Adoption--Government policy--United States.

Adoption.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Birth marks

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Can White parents teach their Black children African American culture and history? Can they impart to them the survival skills necessary to survive in the racially stratified United States? Concerns over racial identity have been at the center of controversies over transracial adoption since the 1970's, as questions continually arise about whether White parents are capable of instilling a positive sense of African American identity in their Black children. ""[An] empathetic study of meanings of cross-racial adoption to adoptees"". -Law and Politics Book Review, Vol. 11, No. 11, Nov. 2001.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Narratives of Adoption, Roots, and Identity; ONE: Origin Narratives; TWO: Navigating Racial Routes; THREE: Searching: "I Have a Family with No Blood"; FOUR: Producing "IL/Legitimate" Citizens: Transracial Adoption and Welfare Reform; Conclusion: Narratives of Identity, Race, and Nation; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-215) and index.

ISBN:

9780814768136

081476813X

9780814768723

0814768725

9780585424774

0585424772

OCLC:

779828440