Blue-Ribbon Babies and Labors of Love: Race, Class, and Gender in U.S. Adoption Practice

by Christine Ward Gailey

Book Overview

Most Americans assume that shared genes or blood relationships provide the strongest basis for family. What can adoption tell us about this widespread belief and American kinship in general? Blue-Ribbon Babies and Labors of Love examines the ways class, gender, and race shape public and private adoption in the United States. Christine Ward Gailey analyzes the controversies surrounding international, public, and transracial adoption, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292725701
• ISBN13: 9780292725706
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"