Birth Parents' Portrayals in Children's Adoption Literature

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 677-704

  Jerome, Kelly ^a   Sweeney, Kathryn A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

Author keywords

adoption; adoptive parents; birth parents; children's books; culture of poverty; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894253468     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X13493278     Document Type: Article

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