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White unwed mother : the adoption mandate in postwar Canada / Valerie J. Andrews.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Andrews, Valerie J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adoption--Canada--History--20th century.
- Adoption.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bradford, Ontario : Demeter, [2018]
- Summary:
- In postwar Canada, having a child out-of-wedlock invariably meant being subject to the adoption mandate.Andrews describes the mandate as a process of interrelated institutional power systems which, together with socio-cultural norms, ideals of gender heteronormativity, and emerging sociological and psychoanalytic theories, created historically.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Works Cited
- Appendix A
- Appendix B.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-77258-214-X
- OCLC:
- 1148903886
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