This pioneering volume draws together theoretical and empirical contributions analyzing the experiences of white mothers in interracial families in Britain, Canada and the USA. In exploring mothering across racialised boundaries, the notion of racialisation is invoked to argue that while the notion of race does not exist in any meaningful sense, it continues to operate as a social process.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction Ravinder Barn and Vicki Harman 2. 'Doing the right thing': transracial adoption in the USA Ravinder Barn 3. The experiences of race in the lives of Jewish birth mothers of children from black/white interracial and inter-religious relationships: a Canadian perspective Channa C. Verbian 4. Researching white mothers of mixed-parentage children: the significance of investigating whiteness Joanne Britton 5. Social capital and the informal support networks of lone white mothers of mixed-parentage children Vicki Harman 6. Narratives from a Nottingham council estate: a story of white working class mothers with mixed-race children Lisa McKenzie
