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Reframing Transracial Adoption

By Kristi Brian

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Reframing Transracial Adoption

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Reframing Transracial Adoption Korean Adoptees, White Parents, and the Politics of Kinship Kristi Brian A provocative critique of transnational, transracial adoption from a critical race and feminist perspective and a vision for reform Until the late twentieth century, the majority of foreign-born children adopted in the United States came from Korea. In the absorbing book Reframing Transracial Adoption, Kristi Brian investigates the power dynamics at work between the white families, the Korean adoptees, and the unknown birth mothers. Brian conducts interviews with adult adopted Koreans, adoptive parents, and adoption agency facilitators in the United States to explore the conflicting interpretations of race, culture, multiculturalism, and family. Brian argues for broad changes as she critiques the so-called "colorblind" adoption policy in the United States. Analyzing the process of kinship formation, the racial aspects of these adoptions, and the experience of adoptees, she reveals the stifling impact of dominant nuclear-family ideologies and the crowded intersections of competing racial discourses. Brian finds a resolution in the efforts of adult adoptees to form coherent identities and launch powerful adoption reform movements.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
230
Release Date:
2012-05-11
Publication Date:
2012-05-11
Publisher:
Temple University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1439901848
ISBN13:
9781439901847
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
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Weight:
318 g
Height:
150 cm
Width:
226 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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