Disrupting kinship : transnational politics of Korean adoption in the United States /

Disrupting kinship : transnational politics of Korean adoption in the United States /

Since the Korean War began, Western families have adopted more than 200,000 Korean children. Two-thirds of these adoptees found homes in the United States. The majority joined white families and in the process forged a new kind of transnational and transracial kinship. Kimberly D. McKee examines the...

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Main Author: McKee, Kimberly (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Urbana, Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Series:Asian American experience.
Subjects:
Interracial adoption > United States.
Interracial adoption > Korea (South)
Intercountry adoption > United States.
Intercountry adoption > Korea (South)
Adoptees > United States.
Korean Americans > Ethnic identity.
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Table of Contents:
  • Generating a market in children
  • (Un)documented citizens, (un)naturalized Americans
  • The (re)production of family
  • Rewriting the adoptee experience
  • Adoption in practice: adult adoptee reflections
  • Adoptees strike back: who are you calling angry?
  • Conclusion: considering the future of international adoption

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