Author:
Rothman, Barbara Katz.
Imprint:Boston : Beacon Press , c2005.
Descriptionxi, 274 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:Preface : a word on theory, method, language (and source notes) -- Personal strands -- Family, obviously -- Our story -- Motherhood, adoption and race -- Unraveling the pieces -- Motherhood in the marketplace -- Adoption in the age of genetics -- Talking about race -- What I learned at the Schomburg -- Images -- Children of a diaspora -- Protégés -- The pet -- The trophy child -- Imagine -- Weaving the pieces -- Home from the Schomburg -- Going places -- Culture : celebrating diversity -- Identity : pride and joy -- Entitlement : that can't be your baby -- Hair : braiding together culture, identity and entitlement -- Weaving a way home.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
