In Their Parents′ Voices - Reflections on Raising Transracial Adoptees

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-231-14136-9
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories shared the experiences of twenty-four black and biracial children who had been adopted into white families in the late 1960s and 70s. The book has since become a standard resource for families and practitioners, and now, in this sequel, we hear from the parents of these remarkable families and learn what it was like for them to raise children across racial and cultural lines.

These candid interviews shed light on the issues these parents encountered, what part race played during thirty plus years of parenting, what they learned about themselves, and whether they would recommend transracial adoption to others. Combining trenchant historical and political data with absorbing firsthand accounts, Simon and Roorda once more bring an academic and human dimension to the literature on transracial adoption.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simon, Rita J.

Roorda, Rhonda

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

IntroductionPart 1: The Children from In Their Own Voices Author's NotePart 2: The Parents John and Marian PeltonJames and Alice BandstraJim and Kathy StapertRon and Dorothy Paul GoffBarbara TremitiereNora AnkerMarjorie GrayEdson and Judith BigelowAaldert and Elisabeth MennegaRikk LarsenCharles and Pam AdamsDavid and Lola Himrod Ken and Jean Winnie Rodney and Joyce Perry Part 3: Conclusion AfterwordPostscriptAcknowledgments

Über Autor(innen)

Rita J. Simon is a University Professor in the School of Public Affairs and the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, DC. She has published thirty-seven books and edited nineteen and is currently the editor of Gender Issues.Rhonda M. Roorda works at an educational advocacy organization in Lansing, Michigan, and writes for Fostering Families TODAY and Adoption TODAY magazines.