From orphan to adoptee : U.S. empire and genealogies of Korean adoption /

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Since the 1950s, more than 100,000 Korean children have been adopted by predominantly white Americans; they were orphans of the Korean War, or so the story went. But begin the story earlier, and what has long been viewed as humanitarian rescue reveals itself as an exercise in expanding American empi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pate, SooJin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2014]
Series:Difference incorporated.
Subjects:
Intercountry adoption > Korea (South)
Intercountry adoption > United States.
Interracial adoption > United States.
Orphans > Korea (South)
Adopted children > United States.
Korean American children > Cultural assimilation.
Adoption internationale > Corée du Sud.
Adoption internationale > États-Unis.
Adoption interraciale > États-Unis.
Enfants adoptés > États-Unis.
Enfants américains d'origine coréenne > Acculturation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
Adopted children
Intercountry adoption
Interracial adoption
Orphans
Korea (South)
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: challenging the official story of Korean adoption
  • Militarized humanitarianism: rethinking the emergence of Korean adoption
  • Gender and the militaristic gaze
  • Marketing the social orphan
  • Normalizing the adopted child
  • "I wanted my head to be removed": the limits of normativity
  • Epilogue: tracing other genealogies of Korean adoption.

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