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Author Patton-Imani, Sandra.

Title BirthMarks : transracial adoption in contemporary America / Sandra Patton.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, 2000.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  HV875.64 .P37 2000    Available  ---
Description x, 223 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and index.
Contents Introduction : narratives of adoption, roots, and identity -- Origin narratives -- Navigating racial routes -- Searching : I have a family with no blood -- Producing "il/legitimate" citizens : transracial adoption and welfare reform -- Conclusion : narratives of identity, race, and nation.
Subject Interracial adoption -- United States.
Interracial adoption.
United States.
Adoptees -- United States -- Interviews.
Adoptees.
Genre/Form Interviews.
Subject African Americans -- Race identity.
African Americans -- Race identity.
Adoption -- Government policy -- United States.
Adoption -- Government policy.
Adoption.
Genre/Form Interviews.
Added Title Birth marks
ISBN 081476682X paperback alkaline paper
0814766811 cloth alkaline paper