Unequal motherhoods and the adoption of Asian children : birth, foster, and adoptive mothers / Gill, Jungyun.

Unequal motherhoods and the adoption of Asian children : birth, foster, and adoptive mothers /

This book explores adoption of Asian children by white Americans, looking at multiple ways in which adoptive, birth, and foster mothers experience gender oppression from their different positions of class, race, and nationality and bringing to light the interdependencies and inequalities of the moth...

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Main Author: Gill, Jungyun (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017]
Subjects:
Adopted children > Korea (South)
Intercountry adoption > United States.
Interracial adoption > United States.
Interracial adoption > Korea (South)
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:This book explores adoption of Asian children by white Americans, looking at multiple ways in which adoptive, birth, and foster mothers experience gender oppression from their different positions of class, race, and nationality and bringing to light the interdependencies and inequalities of the motherhoods of these three groups.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 159 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-151) and index.
ISBN:1498509630
9781498509633
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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