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Claiming Others: Transracial Adoption and National Belonging
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Claiming Others: Transracial Adoption and National Belonging
Contributors:
By (Author) Mark C. Jerng
Publisher:
University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:
University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date:
27th January 2011
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Society and culture: general
Anthropology
Dewey:
362.734089
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
352
Dimensions:
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 30mm
Description
Transracial adoption has recently become a hotly contested subject of contemporary and critical concern, with scholars across the disciplines working to unravel its complex implications. In Claiming Others, Mark C. Jerng traces the practice of adoption to the early nineteenth century, revealing its surprising centrality to American literature, law, and social thought.
Author Bio
Mark C. Jerng is assistant professor of English at the University of California, Davis.
