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02609aam a2200385 i 4500 001 1ACABCB43E3011E4861469EFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140917010101 008 120326s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012012620 020 $a 1107017866 020 $a 9781107017863 035 $a (OCoLC)783520978 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d BWX $d CDX $d OCLCQ $d RRP $d NhCcYME $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HV875.64 $b .H43 2012 050 00 $a HV875.64 $b .H43 2012 084 $a LAW038000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Hearst, Alice. 245 10 $a Children and the politics of cultural belonging / $c Alice Hearst, Smith College. 260 $a New York, NY : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2012. 300 $a viii, 204 pages ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "This book explores the debate over communal and cultural belonging in three contexts: domestic transracial adoptions of non-American Indian children, the scope of tribal authority over American Indian children, and cultural and communal belonging for transnationally adopted children"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "Providing families for children in need is unquestionably a worthy goal. Adoption conjures soft-focus images of abandoned and vulnerable innocents welcomed into families who can love and nurture them. People who choose to engage in stranger adoptions - adoptions that do not involve kin or stepparents - are typically motivated both by a desire to become a parent and by a wish to do good in the world. The families thus created are, in fact, miraculous, and these families often work hard not only to provide for a found and chosen child but to give back to the communities from which the child originated. The uplifting story of family creation enabled by adoption, however, tows a darker story of marginalization and loss in its wake. Historically, adoption in the United States was not simply about providing care for needy children; it was also explicitly driven by the desire to move children from unsuitable to suitable families"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Interracial adoption $z United States. 650 0 $a Interethnic adoption $z United States. 650 0 $a Intercountry adoption $z United States. 650 0 $a Adopted children $z United States. 650 0 $a Ethnicity. 650 0 $a Indian foster children $z United States. 941 $a 1 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20140917011507.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1ACABCB43E3011E4861469EFDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search