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Overview: In Somebody's Children, Laura Briggs Examines The Social And Cultural Forces-poverty, Racism, Economic Inequality, And Political Violence-that Have Shaped Transracial And Transnational Adoption In The United States During The Second Half Of The Twentieth Century And The First Decade Of The Twenty-first. Focusing Particularly On The Experiences Of Those Who Have Lost Their Children To Adoption, Briggs Analyzes The Circumstances Under Which African American And Native Mothers In The United States And Indigenous And Poor Women In Latin America Have Felt Pressed To Give Up Their Children For Adoption Or Have Lost Them Involuntarily. The Dramatic Expansion Of Transracial And Transnational Adoption Since The 1950s, Briggs Argues, Was The Result Of Specific And Profound Political And Social Changes, Including The Large-scale Removal Of Native Children From Their Parents, The Condemnation Of Single African American Mothers In The Context Of The Civil Rights Struggle, And The Largely Invented Crack Babies Scare That Inaugurated The Dramatic Withdrawal Of Benefits To Poor Mothers In The United States. In Guatemala, El Salvador, And Argentina, Governments Disappeared Children During

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Author

Laura Briggs

Publisher

Duke University Press; Duke University Press Books

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780822351610

Category

history

Subjects

Science, Social Science, Fiction

Rating

4.08 / 5 (40 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14