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1 online resource (221 pages) |
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Children language |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. African American Soldiers and the Origins of Korean Transnational Adoption -- 2. The National Urban League and the Fight for US Adoption Reform -- 3. African American Families, Korean Black Children, and the Evolution of Transnational Race Rescue -- 4. The New Family Ideal for Korean Black Adoption -- 5. Pearl S. Buck and the Institutional and Rhetorical Reframing of US and Korean Adoption -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
| Summary |
The Korean War left hundreds of thousands of children in dire circumstances, but the first large-scale transnational adoption efforts involved the children of American soldiers and Korean women. Korean laws and traditions stipulated that citizenship and status passed from father to child, which made the children of US soldiers legally stateless. Korean-black children faced additional hardships because of Korean beliefs about racial purity, and the segregation that structured African American soldiers' lives in the military and throughout US society. The African American families who tried to adopt Korean-black children also faced and challenged discrimination in the child welfare agencies that arranged adoptions. This resource demonstrates how the Cold War and the struggle for civil rights led child welfare agencies to reevaluate African American men and women as suitable adoptive parents. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Interracial adoption -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Interracial adoption. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Intercountry adoption -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Intercountry adoption. |
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Intercountry adoption -- Korea (South) -- History -- 20th century.
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Korea (South) |
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Racially mixed children -- Korea (South)
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African American parents.
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Racially mixed children. |
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African American families.
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African American families. |
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Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Children.
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African American parents. |
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Korean War (1950-1953) |
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HISTORY / Asia / Korea. |
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Children. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Graves, Kori A. A War Born Family : African American Adoption in the Wake of the Korean War. New York : New York University Press, ©2020 9781479872329 |
| ISBN |
1479891274 (electronic book) |
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9781479891276 (electronic book) |
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9781479872329 |
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1479872326 |
| Standard No. |
40029779614 |
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