They’re all my children : foster mothering in America / Danielle F. Wozniak.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Publication details: New York : New York University Press, c2002. Description: x, 245 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0814793460
  • 0814793479
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV881. W69
Contents:
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.
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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.