Learning to Disclose - A Journey of Transracial Adoption (Paperback, New edition)

Joni and Rebecca Schwartz in their collaborative autoethnography, Learning to Disclose: A Journey of Transracial Adoption, are doing soul work. This adult white mother and black daughter reflect and dialogue around the places and histories that shaped their relationship. Through three voices: the voice of critical history, the daughter and the mother, the co-authors excavate the past to see if and how it lives in their present. In an intriguing mix of critical history of places like Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Gulu, Uganda as well as lesser-known narratives of W.E.B. Dubois, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and Shirley Chisholm, the co-authors tell their own personal and moving stories of becoming mother and daughter engaging such topics as racial identity, disclosure, racial appropriation, colonialism, and the complex history of transracial adoption. For anyone interested in racial identity in the complex world of blended families and adult mother and daughter relationships, this is a must read. This book is ideal for all humanities and social science courses across disciplines from sociology, education, qualitative research, and social work to race and communication studies. In this era of strained and confusing racial dialogue, this book is refreshing in its honesty, moving in its personal narratives, and instructive in its engagement in how the historical lives in the social imagination of our present lives and relationships.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Joni Schwartz • Rebecca Schwartz
Dimensions:	225 x 150mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	166
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-8392-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General
LSN:	1-4331-8392-7
Barcode:	9781433183928

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