{"product_id":"selling-transracial-adoption-families-markets-and-the-color-line-paperback","title":"Selling Transracial Adoption: Families, Markets, and the Color Line - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Raleigh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile focused on serving children and families, the adoption industry must also generate sufficient revenue to cover an agency's operating costs. With its fee-for-service model, Elizabeth Raleigh asks, How does private adoption operate as a marketplace? Her eye-opening book, \u003ci\u003eSelling Transracial Adoption, \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a fine-grained analysis of the business decisions in the adoption industry and what it teaches us about notions of kinship and race. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdoption providers, Raleigh declares, are often tasked with pitching the idea of transracial adoption to their mostly white clientele. But not all children are equally \"desirable,\" and transracial adoption--a market calculation--is hardly colorblind. \u003ci\u003eSelling Transracial Adoption \u003c\/i\u003eexplicitly focuses on adoption providers and\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eemploys candid interviews with adoption workers, social workers, attorneys, and counselors, as well as observations from adoption conferences and information sessions, to\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eillustrate how agencies institute a racial hierarchy--especially when the supply of young and healthy infants is on the decline. Ultimately, Raleigh discovers that the racialized practices in private adoption serve as a powerful reflection of race in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Raleigh\u003c\/b\u003e is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 274\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666075770924,"sku":"9781439914786","price":50.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/0954\/5772\/files\/KWNJWhijJ49781439914786.webp?v=1781622132","url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/selling-transracial-adoption-families-markets-and-the-color-line-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}