A War Born Family : African American Adoption in the Wake of the Korean War /

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"The Korean War left hundreds of thousands of children in dire circumstances, but the first large-scale transnational adoption efforts involved the children of American soldiers and Korean women. Korean laws and traditions stipulated that citizenship and status passed from father to child, whic...

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Main Author: Graves, Kori A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Racially mixed children.
Interracial adoption.
Intercountry adoption.
Children.
African American parents.
African American families.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Children.
Racially mixed children > Korea (South)
Intercountry adoption > Korea (South) > History > 20th century.
Intercountry adoption > United States > History > 20th century.
Interracial adoption > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
Korea (South)
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • African-American soldiers and the origins of Korean transnational adoption
  • The National Urban League and the fight for U.S. adoption reform
  • African-American families, Korean-black children, and the evolution of transnational race rescue
  • The new family ideal for Korean-black adoption
  • Pearl S. Buck and the institutional and rhetorical reframing of U.S. and Korean adoption
  • Conclusion.

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