| Description |
1 online resource. |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Asian American history and culture
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Asian American history and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: The Personal and the Political; Acknowledgments; 1. Adoption Matters: Beyond Catastrophe and Spectacle; 2. Adoption Facilitators and the Marketing of Family Building: "Expert" Systems Meet Spurious Culture; 3. Navigating Racism: Avoiding and Confronting "Difference"in Families; 4. Navigating Kinship: Searching for Family beyond and within "the Doctrine of Genealogical Unity"; 5. Strategic Interruptions versus Possessive Investment: Transnational Adoption in the Era of New Racism; Notes; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Until the late twentieth century, the majority of foreign-born children adopted in the United States came from Korea. In the absorbing book Reframing Transracial Adoption, Kristi Brian investigates the power dynamics at work between the white families, the Korean adoptees, and the unknown birth mothers. Brian conducts interviews with adult adopted Koreans, adoptive parents, and adoption agency facilitators in the United States to explore the conflicting interpretations of race, culture, multiculturalism, and family. Brian argues for broad changes as she critiques the so-called "colorblind" adop |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Interracial adoption -- United States.
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Interracial adoption. |
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United States. |
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Interracial adoption -- Korea (South)
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Korea (South) |
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Adopted children -- Korea (South)
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Adopted children. |
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Korean American children.
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Ethnicity.
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ethnicity. |
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Korean American children. |
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Adoption & Fostering. |
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Ethnicity. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brian, Kristi, 1969- Reframing transracial adoption. Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2012 9781439901830 (DLC) 2011047599 (OCoLC)757475426 |
| ISBN |
9781439901854 (electronic book) |
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1439901856 (electronic book) |
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9781439901830 |
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143990183X |
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9781439901847 |
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1439901848 |
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