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"Family Matters" cuts through the sealed records, changing policies, and conflicting agendas that have obscured the history of adoption in America ...Show synopsis"Family Matters" cuts through the sealed records, changing policies, and conflicting agendas that have obscured the history of adoption in America and reveals how the practice and attitudes about it have evolved from colonial days to the present. Amid recent controversies over sealed adoption records and open adoption, it is ever more apparent that secrecy and disclosure are the defining issues in American adoptions - and these are also the central concerns of E. Wayne Carp's book. Mining a vast range of sources (including for the first time confidential case records of a 20th-century adoption agency), Carp makes a startling discovery: openness, not secrecy, has been the norm in adoption for most of our history; sealed records were a post-World War II aberration, resulting from the convergence of several unusual cultural, demographic, and social trends. Pursuing this idea, "Family Matters" offers surprising insights into various notions that have affected the course of adoption, among them Americans' complex feelings about biological kinship versus socially constructed families; the stigma of adoption, used at times to promote both openness and secrecy; and, finally, suspect psychoanalytic concepts, such as "genealogical bewilderment, " and bogus medical terms, such as "adopted child syndrome, " that paint all parties to adoption as psychologically damaged.Hide synopsis
Description:Fine. Almost in new condition. Book shows only very slight...Fine. Almost in new condition. Book shows only very slight signs of use. Cover and binding are undamaged and pages show minimal use. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Green Earth Books is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More.
Description:Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book...Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
Description:Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may...Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
Description:Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book...Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
Description:Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may...Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
Description:Ex-library book in good condition with typical stamps and...Ex-library book in good condition with typical stamps and markings. Pages are clean and the binding is tight. *NOTE* Stock photo may not represent the actual book for sale.
Description:Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0674796683. Bumped corners,...Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0674796683. Bumped corners, otherwise text clean and tight; 1.13 x 9.55 x 6.4 Inches; 320 pages.
Description:Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Crisp jacket, light shelf...Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Crisp jacket, light shelf wear. 0674796683. 1.13 x 9.55 x 6.4 Inches; 320 pages.
Description:Fine/Fine. ISBN: 0674796683. 304pp. Clean and bright book and...Fine/Fine. ISBN: 0674796683. 304pp. Clean and bright book and dust jacket. 'a must reading for anyone involved in adoption' Hardback.
