Project 2 Annotated Bibliography

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Sara Luepschen

ENC 2135

17 July 2017

Annotated Bibliography

"Adoption: The Best Form of Protection." Vital speeches of the day 79.5 (2013): 148-51. Print.

This source tells the story of several families in the adoption community. As the title suggests, it discusses how adoption is the best form of protection and that a home is always much better than an orphanage. There may be bias in this speech because the author works closely with adoptions. She may be unable to see the big picture because she is so close to the orphans and adopting families. I feel this will provide assistance when I need a personal take on certain things related to adoption.

Altman, Matthew. Personal Interview. 10 July 2017.

My interview with Matthew Altman was incredibly informative. Now, I have a very good story and example of adoption that I can tell in my paper. Also, this family adopted with the help of my specific community. If I have any further questions about Show Hope I can direct them to Matthew because I know he would be able to answer them all. I do not think there would be much bias with this source. If he had a bad experience with this organization he would have no reason to not share it with me.

Steven Curtis Chapman. When Love Takes You In. Sparrow Records, 2003.

This song was written by the founder of the organization I am researching. The song is written to an orphan, describing how the child and family must feel. It touches on the feelings before the child has found their home to the joy found after the child goes home. The lyrics draw tears to my eyes and I want to use them in my research paper for the pathos effect.

Efrat, Asif, et al. "Babies Across Borders: The Political Economy of International Child Adoption." International Studies Quarterly 59.3 (2015): 615-28. Print.

This source analyzes the economic factors related to adoption. It is very fact based, with little to no bias. It is useful in providing me with information on the cost of adoption to the families.

"Fact Sheet." PBS. January 17, 2010. Web. July 15, 2017

<http://www.pbs.org/pov/offandrunning/fact-sheet/>.

This source is very factual. It simply gives statistics in relation to adoption, both foreign and domestic. It describes the demographics of adoptive parents.

Gallagher, Stephanie. "The Many Roads to Adoption." Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine 52.4 (1998): 50. Print.

Another mostly factual, less biased source. This piece touches briefly on many different parts of adoption. It talks about international adoption, domestic adoption, adoption of older children, and the adoption of children with special needs.

Gann, Fang. "A Special US-China Relationship: American Adoptions of Chinese Children." Washington Journal of Modern China 9.1 (2008): 73-95. Print.

This source will be useful for when I need to talk about why the organization is necessary in China. It talks about the One Child Policy which is the cause there are so many young Chinese girls up for adoption. It has many statistics, which will be very helpful for me to prove my point.

Johnson, Kay. "Politics of International and Domestic Adoption in China." Law & Society Review 36.2 (2002): 379. Print.

This source has done research on adoption and seems to be very reliable. It discussed different practices in adoption and the “as if by birth” concept. It also talks about population control.

"Orphans." Unicef. June 16, 2017. Web. July 15, 2017

<https://www-unicef-org.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/media/media_45279.html>.

This was a very short source and gave me less information than the others. It provides me with statistics on the growing number of orphans. I do not see how there could be absolutely any bias in this source because it seems to be purely factual.

"Our Work." Show Hope. Web. July 15, 2017 <https://showhope.org/our-work/>.

This is the official website for the organization that I am researching. It will provide me with information about their goals. I plan on using their mission statement in my research paper.