Interweaving the narratives of multiple family members, including mothers, fathers, and siblings of her queer and trans informants, Amy Brainer analyses the ways that families navigate their internal differences. Brainer looks across generational cohorts for clues about how larger social, cultural, and political shifts have materialized in people's everyday lives.
Interweaving the narratives of multiple family members, including mothers, fathers, and siblings of her queer and trans informants, Amy Brainer analys...
Since 2004, the number of international adoptions in the US has declined by more than 70%. Estye Fenton studies parents in the US who adopted internationally during this shift, investigating the experiences of adoptive mothers who were forced to negotiate their desire to be parents in the awareness of international adoption as flawed.
Since 2004, the number of international adoptions in the US has declined by more than 70%. Estye Fenton studies parents in the US who adopted internat...
For decades, social scientists have assumed that "fictive kinship" is a phenomenon associated only with marginal peoples and people of colour in the United States. In this innovative book, Nelson reveals the frequency, texture and dynamics of relationships which are felt to be "like family" among the White, middle-class.
For decades, social scientists have assumed that "fictive kinship" is a phenomenon associated only with marginal peoples and people of colour in the U...
