YC310
Adoption: Past and Present
0.5 Credit
Hours per week:
- Lecture/Discussion: 3
An interdisciplinary course which analyzes the origins and evolution of adoption. At the centre of the course will be considerations of young people's lives in institutional care, foster care, and domestic international adoption. The course will pay close attention to child welfare policy and how understandings of race, class, gender, sexuality, poverty and citizenship affect adoption practices and perceptions of family.
