Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment, Adoption, and Orphanage Care in China
By Kay Ann Johnson.
Description
Kay Johnson has done groundbreaking research on abandonment and adoption in China. In Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son, Johnson untangles the complex interactions between these social practices and the government’s population policies. She also documents the many unintended consequences, including the overcrowding of orphanages that led China to begin international adoptions. Those touched by adoption from China want to know why so many healthy infant girls are in Chinese orphanages. This book provides the most thorough answer to date. Johnson’s research overturns stereotypes...
ISBN(s)
0963847279, 9780963847270
