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INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION FROM CHINA:
Examining Cultural Heritage and Other Postadoption Issues



TABLE OF CONTENTS
  1. Background and context of intercountry adoption and research study
  2. Philosophical issues and concerns surrounding intercountry adoption
  3. The process of intercountry adoption from China
  4. "And Baby makes three": Attachment and adjustment issues
  5. Addressing Chinese culture and heritage
  6. Race, discrimination, and the reactions of strangers
  7. Preferential adoptions: Family size and single parenting
  8. Who am I? Racial, ethnic, and cultural identity development
  9. Final thoughts: Where do we go from here?


AUTHOR INFORMATION
Jay W. Rojewski is a professor in the Department of Occupational Studies, University of Georgia. Jacy L. Rojewski is a special education teacher at Morgan Country Middle School. Together they are the parents of a four-year-old daughter, Emily, who was adopted from Fuzhou, China , in 1997, and baby Claire, who is waiting for the family in China.

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