Blood and desire: The secret of heteronormativity in adoption narratives of culture

American Ethnologist

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 563-573

  Dorow, Sara ^a   Swiffen, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 76449107784     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2009.01179.x     Document Type: Article

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