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Philosophies of adoption : perspectives and reflections / edited by Lisa Cassidy and Mianna Lotz.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adoption--Philosophy.
- Adoption.
- Adoption--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 226 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2024]
- Summary:
- "Philosophies of Adoption: Perspectives and Reflections explores the philosophical analysis of adoption by providing insight into the emerging and underexplored topics within the implications and realities of adoption. Showcasing a range of styles, Philosophies of Adoption provides first-hand accounts of adult-adoptees through diverse standpoints, voices, perspectives, and relationships to adoption"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Adoption, race, and rescue : transracial adoption and lesbian/gay ascendency to Whiteness / Bonnie Mann
- Racist structures of American Indian interracial adoption / Susan Devan Harness
- 'Unsettling' adoption : rethinking parenting in the shadow of colonialism / Mianna Lotz, Colin Macleod, and Taylor-Jai Mcalister
- Adopting silence : on adoptee disenfranchisement and epistemic injustice / Ryan Gustafsson and Michele Merritt
- Adoption stories and epistemic neglect / Cara O'Connor
- Racial belonging and identity : impacts on transracial adoptees' epistemic and moral agency / Nabina Liebow and Ryan Gustafsson
- Heavy with child : infertile attachments, existential racism, and geneticism / Frances Latchford
- Adoption in new media : changing the narrative? / Lisa Cassidy
- Excerpt from the girl I am, was, and never will be : a speculative memoir of transracial adoption / Shannon Gibney
- "It's so very layered" : in conversation with Shannon Gibney / Shannon Gibney, Lisa Cassidy, and Mianna Lotz.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Philosophies of adoption
- ISBN:
- 9781666933567
- 1666933562
- OCLC:
- 1428452001
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