The dance of identities : Korean adoptees and their journey toward empowerment /

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Korean adoptees have a difficult time relating to any of the racial identity models because they are people of colour who often grew up in white homes and communities. This work looks at how Korean adoptees engage with their various identities and begin the journey toward self-discovery and empowerm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Palmer, John D. (John David)
Autor Corporativo: University of California, Los Angeles. Asian American Studies Center
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press in association with UCLA Asian American Studies Center, Los Angeles, [2011]
Colección:Intersections (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Temas:
Interracial adoption > United States > Psychological aspects.
Intercountry adoption > United States > Psychological aspects.
Adoptees > United States > Psychology.
Korean Americans > Race identity.
Korean Americans > Ethnic identity.
Adoption interraciale > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique.
Adoption internationale > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique.
Adoptés > États-Unis > Psychologie.
Américains d'origine coréenne > Identité ethnique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
Adoptees > Psychology.
Interracial adoption > Psychological aspects.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Dance of identities
  • Wanting to be like white : dancing with a white cultural identity
  • Opening Pandora's box : dancing in between and nowhere at all
  • Engaging and reflecting : dancing with a racial identity and transracial adoptee identity
  • Questioning what I have done : dancing with tensions, conflicts, and contradictions
  • Empowering identities : dancing with empowerment and executing social change
  • Linking the dance of identities theory to life experiences.

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