White Unwed Mother ; The adoption mandate in postwar Canada

White Unwed Mother ; The adoption mandate in postwar Canada
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Publisher : Demeter Press
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 9781772582147
ISBN-13 : 177258214X
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Book Synopsis White Unwed Mother ; The adoption mandate in postwar Canada by : Valerie J Andrews

Download or read book White Unwed Mother ; The adoption mandate in postwar Canada written by Valerie J Andrews and published by Demeter Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In postwar Canada, having a child out-of-wedlock invariably meant being subject to the adoption mandate. Andrews describes the mandate as a process of interrelated institutional power systems which, together with socio-cultural norms, ideals of gender heteronormativity, and emerging sociological and psychoanalytic theories, created historically unique conditions in the post WWII decades wherein the white unmarried mother was systematically separated from her baby by means of adoption. This volume uncovers and substantiates evidence of the mandate, ultimately finding that at least 350,000 unmarried mothers in Canada were impacted.


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