A History of Rome through the Fifth Century: Volume II: The Empire

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction: Race Is a Fiction … Coloring Children and Parents Nonetheless....Pages 1-29
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Disability Is the New Black: The Rise of the ‘Cleft Lip and Palate Program’ in Transracial International Adoption....Pages 33-48
Race and Market Values in Domestic Infant Adoption....Pages 49-69
Changing Ethnicities? Changing Paradigms? The Adoption of Black and Minority Ethnic Children in England....Pages 70-83
The Commodification and Online Marketing of Children in Transnational Adoption....Pages 84-111
‘Someone’s Roots’: Gender, Rape, and Racialization in Korean American Adoption Narratives....Pages 112-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Adoptive Parents e-Racing Adopted Children by Choosing, Keeping, Avoiding, and Purchasing Identity....Pages 133-154
Safely ‘Other’: The Role of Culture Camps in the Construction of a Racial Identity for Adopted Children....Pages 155-168
Producing Multiculturalism: Family Formation through Transnational Adoption....Pages 169-189
Culture at Camp: White Parents’ Understanding of Race....Pages 190-203
‘Acting White’ and ‘Acting Black’: Exploring Transracial Adoption, Middle-Class Families, and Racial Socialization....Pages 204-225
Becoming a ‘Chinese-American’ Parent: Whiteness, Chinese Cultural Practice, and American Parents of Children Adopted from China....Pages 226-241
Conclusion: Talking About Race and Adoption....Pages 242-247
Back Matter....Pages 248-286