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Weaving a Family: Untangling Race and Adoption

Weaving together the sociological, the historical, and the personal, Barbara Katz Rothman looks at the contemporary American family through the lens of race, race through the lens of adoption, and all-race, family, and adoption-within the context of the changing meanings of motherhood.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 288 pages

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