1st Edition
The Adopted Child Family Life with Double Parenthood
By Christa Hoffmann-Riem
Copyright 1990
344 Pages
by
Routledge
342 Pages
by
Routledge
342 Pages
by
Routledge
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This exploration of the experiences of adopting parents and children offers unusual insight into adoption's complexity and its profound impact on family life. Based on the author's research in Germany, where she lived and taught, The Adopted Child has a great deal to say about child rearing and identity, as well as offering insights into similarities and differences in family life and adoption... Read more
Foreword, Preface, 1. The Desire for a Child, 2. The Adoption Placement Procedure, 3. The Status Passage from Applicant for a Child to Mother and Father, 4. The Constitution of the Adoptive Family: Emotionality and Awareness, 5. A Number of Special Aspects of the Construction of Biography and Identify in the Adoptive Family, 6. Outlook, Appendix, Bibliography, Name Index
Biography
Christa Hoffmann-Riem
