Choosing ethnicity, negotiating race : Korean Adoptees in America /
Transnational adoption was once a rarity in the United States, but Americans have been choosing to adopt children from abroad with increasing frequency since the mid-twentieth century. Korean adoptees make up the largest share of international adoptions- 25 percent of all children adopted from outsi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Russell Sage Foundation,
c2011.
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| Summary: | Transnational adoption was once a rarity in the United States, but Americans have been choosing to adopt children from abroad with increasing frequency since the mid-twentieth century. Korean adoptees make up the largest share of international adoptions- 25 percent of all children adopted from outside the United States -but they remain understudied among Asian American groups. What kind of identities do adoptees develop as members of American families and in a cultural climate that often views them as foreigners? |
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| Physical Description: | x, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-203) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780871548757 (alk. paper) 0871548755 |
