Emotion work in black and white: Transracial adoption and the process of racial socialization
Abstract In this chapter, we use the concepts of emotional labor or emotion work to examine the experiences of transracial families – white families rearing Black adoptees. We focus on the emotion work done by the parents to inculcate and develop positive racial identities for their adoptive childre...
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Published in | Visions of the 21st Century Family Vol. 7; pp. 43 - 75 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
Published |
United Kingdom
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
01.01.2013
Emerald Publishing Limited |
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Summary: | Abstract
In this chapter, we use the concepts of emotional labor or emotion work to examine the experiences of transracial families – white families rearing Black adoptees. We focus on the emotion work done by the parents to inculcate and develop positive racial identities for their adoptive children as their adoptees experience racial mistreatment. We also use the concept of white racial framing to examine strategies for effectively coping with racial mistreatment. African Americans have more emotion work than the members of dominant group because of their status as stigmatized minorities in American society. African Americans adopted by white families have even greater emotion work because they tend to have the extra burden of living in predominately white communities where there are fewer people of color to serve as positive role models in the socialization process. |
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ISBN: | 9781783500284 178350028X |
ISSN: | 1530-3535 |
DOI: | 10.1108/S1530-3535(2013)0000007005 |