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Transnational adoption : a cultural economy of race, gender, and kinship /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dorow, Sara K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Ethnicity > China.
Intercountry adoption > United States.
Intercountry adoption > China.
China > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Why China? : identifying histories
  • Matches made on earth : making parents and children for each other
  • Picturing kinship
  • Client, ambassador, and gift : managing adoption exchange
  • Shamian Island : borders of belonging
  • Storied origins : abandonment, adoption, and motherhood
  • American ghosts : cultural identities, racial constructions.