{"product_id":"a-sealed-and-secret-kinship-judith-s-modell-9781571813244","title":"A Sealed and Secret Kinship: Policies and Practices in American Adoption","description":"\u003cp\u003e Adoption has long been a controversial subject in the United States as well as in other western countries, but never more so than in the past three decades. Why that is and how public attention affects the decisions made by those who arrange, legalize, and experience adoptive kinship constitutes the subject of this book. Adoption, the author argues, touches on major preoccupations we all have: who we are; why we are what we are; the balance of \"nature\" and \"culture\" in self-definition; the conflict between individual rights and social order.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The problematic nature of adoption in western societies is effectively contrasted by the author with cultures in many other parts of the world in which children are exchanged frequently, openly, and happily. There is no stigma, often even a high value, placed on being the adopted child in a family. This comparative perspective brings into sharp relief American, and by implication other western, policies that reflect a very different notion of kinship and family. Adoption thus reveals itself as one of the keys to western ideas about human nature, the person, rights, privacy, and family relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judith S. Modell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571813241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571813244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2003 pg. 1063","brand":"Judith S. Modell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45896852472063,"sku":"9781571813244","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ded226f1-2565-4684-bcee-c71b95b7e036.jpg?v=1721372497","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-sealed-and-secret-kinship-judith-s-modell-9781571813244","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}