Out of place : The lives of korean adoptee immigrants / SunAH M Laybourn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laybourn, SunAh M.

Series:

Asian American Sociology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intercountry adoption--United States--Psychological aspects.

Intercountry adoption.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Since the early 1950s, over 125,000 Korean children have been adopted in the United States, primarily by white families. Korean adoptees figure in twenty-five percent of US transnational adoptions and are the largest group of transracial adoptees currently in adulthood. Despite being legally adopted, Korean adoptees' position as family members did not automatically ensure legal, cultural, or social citizenship. Korean adoptees routinely experience refusals of belonging, whether by state agents, laws, and regulations, in everyday interactions, or even through media portrayals that render them invisible. In Out of Place, SunAh M Laybourn, herself a Korean American adoptee, examines this long-term journey, with a particular focus on the race-making process and the contradictions inherent to the model minority myth." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: exceptional belonging

Feeling white, feeling right

Refusals of belonging

Adoptable orphan, deportable immigrant

Korean plus something else

Our lives, our stories

Conclusion: staking claims.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Laybourn, SunAh M. Out of Place

ISBN:

9781479814831

1479814830

OCLC:

1402027186