58 General Works - Books, Multimedia and Periodicals (adoption)
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This article is from the Adoption FAQ, by Rosemarie Ventura aa742@freenet.buffalo.edu ah241@freenet.carleton.ca with numerous contributions by others.
58 General Works - Books, Multimedia and Periodicals (adoption)
1984 guide to films on adoption. Abigal Norman. 12p. 1984. Media
Network.
The Adoption Triangle. Julia Tugendhat. 1992. Bloomsbury
2 Soho Square, London W1V 5DE, UK. Narratives from all parts of
the triad.
Adoption Crisis: The Truth Behind Adoption and Foster Care.* Carole
McKelvey and JoEllen Stevens. 231p. 1994. Authors support
redistributing money from foster care to family preservation and
adoption, and support pre- and post-adoption counseling and
information. 22.95
Adoption : The Inside Story*. Judy Austin. 1985. Barn Owl Books, 3
Ranelagh Gardens, Stamford Brook Avenue, London W6 OYE, UK. Cases
from PPIAS. Families who have adopted; their experiences and
thoughts. Includes experiences of adopting older children, mentally
and physically handicapped, bi-racial and transracial children.
The Adoption Papers.* Jackie Kay. 64p 1991. Dufour Editions. Poetry.
Adoption and Spirituality.* Randolph Severson. 23p. Poetry, history,
and the author's reflections. 5.00.
The Adoption Triangle.* Julia Tugendhat. 1992. Bloomsbury Pbsing, 2
Soho Square, London W1V 5DE, UK. Narratives from all parts of the
triad.
Babies Remember Birth. David Chamberlain. 256p. 1988. J P Tarcher.
16.95.
Barren in the Promised Land: Childless Americans and the Pursuit of
Happiness.* Elaine Tyler May. 1995. BasicBooks. How American society
has viewed children and procreation the last 200 years. Looks at
both voluntary and involuntary childnessness. ISBN 0-465-00609-4.
Betrayal: a report on violence towared children in today's world.
Caroline Moorehead, ed. 267p. 1990. Partial list of situations
covered: street children, child labor, children of war, children in
prison, trafficking in children for adoption, migrant children,
children with AIDS.
Beyond the Best Interests of the Child. Joseph Goldstein, et al. 1984
ed. Free Press. pap. 10.95.
Child Abuse and Adoption.* CUB pamphlet. 3.50.
Exile.* Mary Anne Cohen. Poems about losing a child. 5.00.
From Father's Property to Children's Rights: The History of Child
Custody in the United States.* Mary Ann Mason. 237p. 1994. Columbia
Univ Press. ISBN 0-231-08046-8.
Guide My Feet.* Marian Wright Edelman. 224p. 1995. Meditations, vows,
and prayers on loving and working for children by the founder and
president of the Children's Defense Fund.
In the Best Interests of the Child. Joseph Goldstein, et al. 1986.
192p. Free Press. 17.95; pap. 10.95.
Infant Mind. Richard M Restak. Illus. 288p. 1986. Doubleday. 18.95.
Mother-infant Bonding: A Scientific Fiction.* Diane Eyer. 237p. 1992.
Yale Univ. Press.
Orphans: Real and Imaginary. Eileen Simpson. 259p. 1987. Weidenfeld &
Nicolson. 16.95.
Power And Decision: the social control of reproduction.* Gita Sen,
Rachel C. Snow, eds. 1994. Harvard Univ Press. Covers a variety of
global political, ethical, and economic questions regarding child bea
ring and child rearing.
Relative Origins: Famous Foster and Adopted People.* Maria and Aileen
Dever. 201p. 1992. National Book Co.
Sacred Bond: The Legacy of Baby M.* Phyllis Chesler. 256p. 1988.
16.95. Times Books; 1989. pap. 7.95. Random.
Shedding Light on... The Dark Side of Adoption. Marsh Riben 1988.
Harlo Press.
Storied Lives: The Cultural Politics of Self-Understanding.*
George C. Rosewald and Richard L Ochberg, eds. 304p. 1992. Yale Univ.
Press. Not about adoption per se but has an interesting chapter "How
do you introduce yourself as a childless mother?": Birthparent
interpretations of parenthood.
Surrogacy & the Moral Economy.* Derek Morgan. 1990. Gower Pub Co.
44.95.
Surrogate Mother's Story.* Patricia Adair. 140p. 1987. Loiry Pubs
Hse. 14.95.
Surrogate Motherhood: The Ethics of Using Human Beings.* Thomas A
Shanon. 212p. 1988. Crossroad NY. 17.95.
A Time for Sweeping Change; Re-examining Adoption.* pamphlet CUB 2.50
Understanding the Triad.* Dirck Brown. Accounts by adoptees adoptive
parents and birth parents. 5.00.
When There's No Place Like Home : Options for Children Living Apart
From Their Natural Families.* Jan Blacher, ed. 355p. 1994. P.H.
Brookes Pub. Co. Discusses a wide spectrum of placement options for
children, the impact of social and legal policies on placement,
alternative families, residential placement, and the need to
reconceptualize placement.
Who Am I? : Identity, Adoption and Human Fertilisation.* 1990. C.
Walby & B. Symons. BAAF (British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering).
London SE1 1RQ, UK. Discussion series 12.
ISBN 0 903534878. Parallels the secrecy and ambiguity that pervaded
the closed adoption system with AID and newer fertilisation methods.
Draws conclusion that openness and honesty should be aimed for in all
forms of human fertilisation methods.
Young Unwed Fathers: changing roles and emerging policies.* Robert
Lerman and Theodora Ooms, eds. 348p. Temple Univ Press. Serious
essays look at unwed fatherhood in the US as a policy issue. 1993.
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