From orphan to adoptee : U.S. empire and genealogies of Korean adoption / SooJin Pate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pate, SooJin.

Series:

Difference Incorporated

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intercountry adoption--Korea (South).

Intercountry adoption.

Intercountry adoption--United States.

Interracial adoption--United States.

Interracial adoption.

Orphans--Korea (South).

Orphans.

Adopted children--United States.

Adopted children.

Korean American children--Cultural assimilation.

Korean American children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the 1950's, more than 100,000 Korean children have been adopted by predominantly white Americans; they were orphans of the Korean War, or so the story went. But begin the story earlier, as SooJin Pate does, and what has long been viewed as humanitarian rescue reveals itself as an exercise in expanding American empire during the Cold War. Transnational adoption was virtually nonexistent in Korea until U.S. military intervention in the 1940's. Currently it generates 35 million in revenue-an economic miracle for South Korea and a social and political boon for the United States

Contents:

Challenging the Official Story of Korean Adoption

Militarized Humanitarianism: Rethinking the Emergence of Korean Adoption

Gender and the Militaristic Gaze

Marketing the Social Orphan

Normalizing the Adopted Child

"I Wanted My Head to Be Removed": The Limits of Normativity

Tracing Other Genealogies of Korean Adoption.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4529-4102-5