Outsiders within : writing on transracial adoption / edited by Jane Jeong Trenka, Julia Chinyere Oparah, and Sun Yung Shin ; with contributions by Heidi Lynn Adelsman ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trenka, Jane Jeong, 1972-

Oparah, Julia Chinyere.

Shin, Sun Yung.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interracial adoption.

Physical Description:

xviii, 317 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : South End Press, 2006.

Summary:

"Explores transracial adoption from adopted adults' perspectives using memoir, reflective/analytical essays, poetry, artwork, film critique, psychology, sociology, critical race, reproductive justice, more. Discusses reasons children become available for international adoption (war, poverty, structural inequities), ramifications of the colorblind ideal for adoptees (dealing with racism, cultural alienation, emotional isolation)"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 Where Are You Really From?

1 Garlic and Salt / Soo Na 19

2 Love Is Colorblind: Reflections of a Mixed Girl / Jeni C. Wright 27

3 Power of the Periphery / Kim Diehl 31

4 Finding the Universal: Reflections on a Multi-Prismed Identity / Mark Hagland 39

Part 2 How Did You Get Here?

5 Economic Miracles / Sun Yung Shin 45

6 Adoption Myths and Racial Realities in the United States / Dorothy Roberts 49

7 The Finer Meaning / Kimberly R. Fardy 57

8 Parents in Prison, Children in Crisis / Ellen M. Barry 59

9 Orphaning the Children of Welfare: "Crack Babies," Race, and Adoption Reform / Laura Briggs 75

10 Shopping for Children in the International Marketplace / Kim Park Nelson 89

11 Disappeared Children and the Adoptee as Immigrant / Patrick McDermott 105

Part 3 Colonial Imaginations, Global Migrations

12 If I Pull Away / Shandra Spears 117

13 Flying the Coop: ICWA and the Welfare of Indian Children / Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark, Kekek Jason Todd Stark 125

14 From Orphan Trains to Babylifts: Colonial Trafficking, Empire Building, and Social Engineering / Tobias Hubinette 139

15 Scattered Seeds: The Christian Influence on Korean Adoption / Jae Ran Kim 151

Part 4 Growing Through The Pain

16 Hunger / Shannon Gibney 165

17 Korean Psych 101: Concepts of Hwa-Byung [Characters not reproducible] In Relation to Korean Adoption / Beth Kyong Lo 167

18 Evolve / Bryan Thao Worra 177

19 Lifelong Impact, Enduring Need / John Raible 179

20 From Victim to Survivor / Ron M. 189

21 Tending Denial / Heidi Lynn Adelsman 199

22 Performing Childhood / Rachel Quy Collier 207

Part 5 Journeys Home?

23 What Lies Beneath: Reframing Daughter from Danang / Gregory Paul Choy, Catherine Ceniza Choy 221

24 Proud To Be Me / Ami Inja Nafzger 233

25 Praise Song for Ala / Julia Chinyere Oparah 249

Part 6 Speaking for Ourselves

26 Researching Adoption: Whose Perspective and What Issues? / Kirsten Hoo-Mi Sloth 253

27 Beyond the Vietnam War Adoptions: RePresenting Our Transracial Lives / Indigo Williams Willing 259

28 No Longer Alone In This Grief: Service-User-Led Support For Transracial Adoptees / Perlita Harris 267

29 The Making of KAD Nation / Sunny Jo 285

30 Generation After Generation We Are Coming Home / Sandra White Hawk 291

Organizational Resources for Adoptees 303.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0896087646

OCLC:

70265599

Publisher Number:

9780896087644