How Chinese Are You? : Adopted Chinese Youth and their Families Negotiate Identity and Culture /

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Chinese adoption is often viewed as creating new possibilities for the formation of multicultural, cosmopolitan families. For white adoptive families, it is an opportunity to learn more about China and Chinese culture, as many adoptive families today try to honor what they view as their children...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Louie, Andrea (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Adopted children > United States.
Chinese Americans > Ethnic identity.
Chinese > Ethnic identity.
Intercountry adoption > China.
Intercountry adoption > United States.
Interracial adoption > United States > China > United States.
Interracial adoption > United States.
Racially mixed families > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A Background on Transnational and Transracial Adoption
  • 3. Beginnings
  • 4. Asian American Adoptive Parents
  • 5. White Parents' Constructions of Chineseness
  • 6. Negotiating Chineseness in Everyday Life
  • 7. Don't Objectify Me
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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