02958nam 2200709 450 991081627930332120230725045304.01-61044-706-9(CKB)3240000000065155(EBL)4386932(SSID)ssj0000606254(PQKBManifestationID)11357162(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606254(PQKBWorkID)10582293(PQKB)10151421(MiAaPQ)EBC4386932(OCoLC)808778108(MdBmJHUP)muse7804(Au-PeEL)EBL4386932(CaPaEBR)ebr11152014(OCoLC)937405085(EXLCZ)99324000000006515520100709h20112011 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChoosing Ethnicity, Negotiating Race Korean Adoptees in America /Mia Tuan and Jiannbin Lee ShiaoNew York :Russell Sage Foundation,[2011]©20111 online resource (224 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87154-870-4 0-87154-875-5 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?Inside flap of book jacket.Interracial adoptionUnited StatesInterracial adoptionKorea (South)Intercountry adoptionUnited StatesIntercountry adoptionKorea (South)AdopteesUnited StatesAdopteesKorea (South)Korean AmericansInterracial adoptionInterracial adoptionIntercountry adoptionIntercountry adoptionAdopteesAdopteesKorean Americans.306.874Tuan Mia1968-1700423Shiao Jiannbin Lee1970-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816279303321Choosing Ethnicity, Negotiating Race4083405UNINA