TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wozniak,Danielle F.
TI  - They’re all my children : : foster mothering in America / 
SN  - 0814793460
AV  - HV881. W69 
PY  - 2002///.
CY  - New York : 
PB  - New York University Press, 
KW  - Foster mothers
KW  -  United States.
KW  - Foster home care
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Abstract: Written from foster mothers' perspectives, this book voices the often painful experiences of contemporary U.S. foster mothers as they struggle to mother and care-work in the face of exploitative social relations with the state.; Contents: 1. Introduction—2. Portrait of a foster mother (1) : "They're all my children, they're all my family"—3. Mothers and workers : becoming a foster mother—4. "I'm their mother" : fostering, motherhood, and the construction of kinship—5. Managing difference, coping with delegitimation : foster mothers as nonmothers—6. Mothering work and the art of fostering—7. Familial changes : integrating foster children into the foster family—8. "They picked up the baby and the baby was gone" : mothering and loss—9. Portrait of a foster mother (2) : motherhood, loss, and social action—10. "I wanna make it through the week"—11. Conclusion—Appendix : about this study—Notes—References—Index—About the author
ER  -