ISBN:
9781439901854
,
1439901856
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XV, 214 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Asian American history and culture
DDC:
362.734089
Keywords:
Adoption
;
Interethnische Adoption
;
Kulturkontakt
;
USA
;
Korea
Abstract:
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-c...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Literaturverzeichnis Seite 187-205
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