Tuan, Mia, 1968-
Choosing Ethnicity, Negotiating Race : Korean Adoptees in America / Mia Tuan and Jiannbin Lee Shiao. - 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-203) and index.
Korean adoptees in America -- Historicizing Korean adoption -- Family life and childhood experiences -- Ethnic explorations in early adulthood -- Ethnic explorations in later adulthood -- The ethnic identities of adult adoptees -- Choosing ethnicity, negotiating race.
Transnational adoption was once a rarity in the United States, but Americans have been choosing to adopt children from abroad with increasing frequency since the mid-twentieth century. Korean adoptees make up the largest share of international adoptions- 25 percent of all children adopted from outside the United States -but they remain understudied among Asian American groups. What kind of identities do adoptees develop as members of American families and in a cultural climate that often views them as foreigners?
9781610447065 (e-book)
Interracial adoption--United States.
Interracial adoption--Korea (South)
Intercountry adoption--United States.
Intercountry adoption--Korea (South)
Adoptees--United States.
Adoptees--Korea (South)
Korean Americans.
Electronic books.
HV875.64 / .T83 2011eb
306.874
Choosing Ethnicity, Negotiating Race : Korean Adoptees in America / Mia Tuan and Jiannbin Lee Shiao. - 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-203) and index.
Korean adoptees in America -- Historicizing Korean adoption -- Family life and childhood experiences -- Ethnic explorations in early adulthood -- Ethnic explorations in later adulthood -- The ethnic identities of adult adoptees -- Choosing ethnicity, negotiating race.
Transnational adoption was once a rarity in the United States, but Americans have been choosing to adopt children from abroad with increasing frequency since the mid-twentieth century. Korean adoptees make up the largest share of international adoptions- 25 percent of all children adopted from outside the United States -but they remain understudied among Asian American groups. What kind of identities do adoptees develop as members of American families and in a cultural climate that often views them as foreigners?
9781610447065 (e-book)
Interracial adoption--United States.
Interracial adoption--Korea (South)
Intercountry adoption--United States.
Intercountry adoption--Korea (South)
Adoptees--United States.
Adoptees--Korea (South)
Korean Americans.
Electronic books.
HV875.64 / .T83 2011eb
306.874