Philosophies of adoption : perspectives and reflections /

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 account...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Cassidy, Lisa, 1974- (Editor), Lotz, Mianna, 1968- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2024].
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Table of 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.