Choosing Ethnicity, Negotiating Race : Korean Adoptees in America /
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 outsi...
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| Fformat: | Electronig eLyfr |
| Iaith: | Saesneg |
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New York :
Russell Sage Foundation,
[2011]
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| Mynediad Ar-lein: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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| Crynodeb: | 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? |
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| Disgrifiad Corfforoll: | 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations |
| Llyfryddiaeth: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-203) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781610447065 (e-book) |