Global families : a history of Asian international adoption in America /

Global families : a history of Asian international adoption in America /

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In the last fifty years, transnational adoption - specifically, the adoption of Asian children - has exploded in popularity as an alternative path to family making. Despite the cultural acceptance of this practice, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the factors that allowed Asian interna...

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Main Author: Choy, Catherine Ceniza, 1969- (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2013
New York : [2013]
New York, NY : [2013]
Series:Nation of Nations ; 8
Nation of newcomers
Subjects:
Adopted children > United States
Adoption > United States
Asian Americans > Asia > United States
Asian Americans
Intercountry adoption > Asia
Intercountry adoption > United States
Adoption internationale > Asie
Adoption internationale > États-Unis
Adoption > États-Unis
Américains d'origine asiatique
Enfants adoptés > États-Unis
Adopted children
Adoption
Asiatisches Kind
Intercountry adoption
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions
Asia
USA
United States
Electronic books
Dictionaries
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : International adoption nation
  • Race and rescue in early Asian international adoption history
  • The Hong Kong project : Chinese international adoption in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s
  • A world vision : the labor of Asian international adoption
  • Global family making : narratives by and about adoptive families
  • To make historical their own stories : adoptee narratives as Asian American history
  • Conclusion : new geographies, historical legacies
  • Race and rescue in early Asian international adoption history
  • The Hong Kong project: Chinese international adoption in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s
  • A world vision : the labor of Asian international adoption
  • Global family making : narratives by and about adoptive families
  • To make historical their own storie : adoptee narratives as Asian American history
  • Conclusion : new geographies, historical legacies
  • Frontmatter
  • contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. International Adoption Nation
  • 1. Race and Rescue in Early Asian International Adoption History
  • 2. The Hong Kong Project
  • 3. A World Vision The Labor of Asian International Adoption
  • 4. Global Family Making
  • 5. To Make Historical Their Own Stories
  • Conclusion. New Geographies, Historical Legacies
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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