Disrupting Kinship : Transnational Politics of Korean Adoption in the United States /

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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: McKee, Kimberly (Kimberly D.) (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: [Urbana, Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Korean Americans > Ethnic identity.
Interracial adoption.
Intercountry adoption.
Adoptees.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Americains d'origine coreenne > Identite ethnique.
Adoptes > États-Unis.
Adoption internationale > Coree du Sud.
Adoption internationale > États-Unis.
Adoption interraciale > Coree du Sud.
Adoption interraciale > États-Unis.
Adoptees > United States.
Intercountry adoption > Korea (South)
Intercountry adoption > United States.
Interracial adoption > Korea (South)
Interracial adoption > United States.
United States.
Korea (South)
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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