Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. A Genealogy of Transracial and Transnational Adoption 21
8. 2. The New Normal: Positively Defining (Adoptive) Motherhood and Family 52
9. 3. Color-Evasive Love and Freedom from Violence in (Neo)Liberal Adoption Laws 83
10. 4. Love, Life, and Death: Opposite Futures and Protecting the Wrong Subjects 111
11. 5. Eliminating the Native and the Privileging of White Rights in Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl 132
12. Conclusion: Love, Alternative Kinships, and Imagining Otherwise 163
13. Notes 185
14. Bibliography 225
15. Index 245