Course Catalog - 2009-2010

     

HIST 353 - RAINBOW FAMILIES

Long Title: RAINBOW FAMILIES: MULTIRACIAL AND TRANSNATIONAL ADOPTION SINCE 1945
Department: History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Course will look closely at the concept of the multiracial adopted family, including Josephine Baker's Rainbow Tribe and "Brangelina's" postmodern assemblage, adoption as religious practice and adoption as political metaphor, and the DeBolts, the McCains, and everything in-between.