Broken links, enduring ties [electronic resource] : American adoption across race, class, and nation / Linda J. Seligmann

Author:: Seligmann, Linda J., 1954-
Published:: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013]
Physical Description:: viii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents:

Power and institutions -- Fate and faith : adoption and popular religiosity -- China : culture and place in imaginaries of exoticism -- White Russians -- Black and white crossings -- Broken links and adoption narratives : the power of storytelling -- Doing school : family trees and playground banter -- The anchors of virtual communities -- The children's search and the formation of diasporic communities -- Conclusion : ties that bind.

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9780804786058 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804786065 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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