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Transformative motherhood : on giving and getting in a consumer culture

Title
Transformative motherhood : on giving and getting in a consumer culture / edited by Linda L. Layne.
Publication
New York : New York University Press, c1999.

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Additional Authors
Layne, Linda L.
Description
xix, 222 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Motherhood > United States
  • Surrogate motherhood > United States
  • Open adoption > United States
  • Foster parents > United States
  • Parents of children with disabilities > United States
  • Fetal death > United States
  • Infants > United States > Death
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The child as gift : new directions in the study of Euro-American gift exchange / Linda L. Layne -- Freely given : open adoption and the rhetoric of the gift / Judith S. Modell -- The gift of life : surrogate motherhood, gamete donation, and constructions of altruism / Heléna Ragoné -- Gifts and burdens : the social and familial context of foster mothering / Danielle F. Wozniak -- Does God give special kids to special parents? personhood and the child with disabilities as gift and as giver / Gail Landsman -- "True gifts from God" : motherhood, sacrifice, and enrichment in the case of pregnancy loss / Linda L. Layne.
Call Number
JFE 00-125
ISBN
  • 0814751555 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0814751547 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
99006661
OCLC
41641183
Title
Transformative motherhood : on giving and getting in a consumer culture / edited by Linda L. Layne.
Imprint
New York : New York University Press, c1999.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Layne, Linda L.
Research Call Number
JFE 00-125
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