Making a "Real" Family: Matching and Cultural Biologism in American Adoption.

Modell, Judith; Dambacher, Naomi

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Publication Date: 1997

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Making a "Real" Family: Matching and Cultural Biologism in American Adoption.

Modell, Judith; Dambacher, Naomi

Adoption Quarterly, v1 n2 p3-33 1997

Discusses the policy of matching as it has influenced American adoption practice. Discusses how, as race became the primary criterion of likeness, matching linked adoption with broader issues in American culture and politics. Explores future interconnections between racial matching, genetic engineering, and ideologies of "biological destiny" reappearing in American culture. (Author)

Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Adoptive Parents, Biological Influences, Biological Parents, Child Welfare, Children, Cultural Influences, Cultural Traits, Ethnicity, Genetic Engineering, Placement, Racial Differences, Racial Factors, Racial Identification, Transracial Adoption

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United States

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