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A war born family African American adoption in the wake of the Korean War / Kori A. Graves.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graves, Kori A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Multiracial children.
- Interracial adoption.
- Intercountry adoption.
- Children.
- African American parents.
- African American families.
- Korean War, 1950-1953--Children.
- Korean War, 1950-1953.
- Multiracial children--Korea (South).
- Intercountry adoption--Korea (South)--History--20th century.
- Intercountry adoption--United States--History--20th century.
- Interracial adoption--United States--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Korea (South).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (221 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "The Korean War left hundreds of thousands of children in dire circumstances, but the first large-scale transnational adoption efforts involved the children of American soldiers and Korean women. Korean laws and traditions stipulated that citizenship and status passed from father to child, which made the children of US soldiers legally stateless. Korean-black children faced additional hardships because of Korean beliefs about racial purity, and the segregation that structured African American soldiers’ lives in the military and throughout US society. The African American families who tried to adopt Korean-black children also faced and challenged discrimination in the child welfare agencies that arranged adoptions. Drawing on extensive research in black newspapers and magazines, interviews with African American soldiers, and case notes about African American adoptive families, A War Born Family demonstrates how the Cold War and the struggle for civil rights led child welfare agencies to reevaluate African American men and women as suitable adoptive parents, advancing the cause of Korean transnational adoption." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- African-American soldiers and the origins of Korean transnational adoption
- The National Urban League and the fight for U.S. adoption reform
- African-American families, Korean-black children, and the evolution of transnational race rescue
- The new family ideal for Korean-black adoption
- Pearl S. Buck and the institutional and rhetorical reframing of U.S. and Korean adoption
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4798-9127-4
- OCLC:
- 1132420789
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