[PDF.53xb] Little Strangers: Portrayals of Adoption and Foster Care in America, 1850-1929
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Little Strangers: Portrayals of Adoption and Foster Care in America, 1850-1929
Claudia Nelson
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| #5543862 in Books | 2003-05-13 | 2003-05-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x.89 x6.12l,1.10 | File type: PDF | 224 pages||1 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| UNINFORMATIVE|By steven langston|Nelson is the typical academic without the ability to step outside the 'ivory tower' on social issues or iconic adoption history and she can't write. She has learned to 'think to order' on social issues. One of the starting points of adoption history could be: that the first child abuse case taken to court in the U.S. involved an adoptee. In|||"Nelson's study of the growth of sentimental adoption... is based on thorough research in primary and secondary historical sources... and provides a deep reading of representations of adoption and foster care from 'orphan fiction' and stories in women's magaz
When Massachusetts passed America’s first comprehensive adoption law in 1851, the usual motive for taking in an unrelated child was presumed to be the need for cheap labor. But by 1929—the first year that every state had an adoption law—the adoptee’s main function was seen as emotional. Little Strangers examines the representations of adoption and foster care produced over the intervening years. Claudia Nelson argues that adoption texts reflect...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Little Strangers: Portrayals of Adoption and Foster Care in America, 1850-1929 | Claudia Nelson.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
