ISBN:
9780804799010
,
9781503600119
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 190 pages
,
illustration
,
23 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Wang, Leslie K., author Outsourced children
DDC:
362.7340951
Keywords:
Orphanages
;
Orphans
;
Abandoned children
;
Intercountry adoption
;
Children with disabilities Institutional care
;
China
;
Kind
;
Behinderung
;
Waisenhaus
;
Nichtstaatliche Organisation
;
Adoption
Abstract:
Introduction : children and the politics of outsourced intimacy in China -- Relinquished children in an era of "high quality" -- From "missing girls" to America's sweethearts : adoption and the reversal of fortune for healthy Chinese daughters -- The West to the rescue? : outsourced intimacy in the tomorrow's children unit -- The limits of outsourced intimacy : contested logics of care at the Yongping Orphanage -- The new global market in special needs children -- Conclusion : retying the red thread
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
