An ethnography examining the history of Korean adoption to West, the emergence of a distinctive adoptee collective identity, and adoptee returns to Korea in relation to South Korean modernity and globalization.
Since the end of the Korean War, 200,000 children from South Korea have been adopted into white families in North America, Europe and Australia. This book examines the history of Korean adoption, the emergence of an adoptee collective identity and adoptee returns to Korea in rel…
"Adopting for God is the first historical study to focus on the role of adoption evangelists in the transnational adoption movement between the United States and East Asia. It shows how both evangelical and ecumenical Christians challenged Americans to redefine traditional famil…
"Adopting for God is the first historical study to focus on the role of adoption evangelists in the transnational adoption movement between the United States and East Asia. It shows how both evangelical and ecumenical Christians challenged Americans to redefine traditional famil…
Making families through adoption
by Riley, Nancy, Van Vleet, Krista E.
fromContemporary family perspectives
This volume examines adoption as a way of understanding the practices and ideology of kinship and family more generally. It focuses primarily on adoption practices in the US but will also use examples of adoption and fostering across cultures to put those American adoption pract…
Making families through adoption
by Riley, Nancy, Van Vleet, Krista E.
fromContemporary family perspectives
Making families through adoption
by Riley, Nancy, Van Vleet, Krista E.
fromContemporary family perspectives
Making families through adoption
by Riley, Nancy, Van Vleet, Krista E.
fromContemporary family perspectives
Making families through adoption
by Riley, Nancy, Van Vleet, Krista E.
fromContemporary family perspectives
Making Families Through Adoption provides a comprehensive look at adoption practices both in the United States and in other cultures, and a general understanding of the practices and ideology of kinship and family. The subject of adoption allows a window into discussions of what…
Making families through adoption
by Riley, Nancy, Van Vleet, Krista E.
fromContemporary family perspectives
This volume examines adoption as a way of understanding the practices and ideology of kinship and family more generally. It focuses primarily on adoption practices in the US but will also use examples of adoption and fostering across cultures to put those American adoption pract…