In Reunion : Transnational Korean Adoptees and the Communication of Family / Sara Docan-Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Docan-Morgan, Sara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in families.

Intercountry adoption.

Interracial adoption.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Over 200,000 transnational Korean adoptees live throughout the world today, and many have searched for, and reunited with, birth family members. In this book, Sara Docan-Morgan examines how Korean adoptees from the USA and Denmark navigate reunions with their Korean birth families and attempt to maintain these relationships over time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Links between Past, Present, and Future: Context for Understanding Communication in Reunion

2. Communicating Family with "Strangers": Initial Reunion Meetings

3. Korean Birth Parents, Westernized Adoptees: Navigating the Terrain of Cultural Differences during Reunion

4. (Not) Speaking Korean: Learning to Communicate with Family across Languages

5. Adoptees In-Between: Communicating Family with Birth Parents and Adoptive Parents

6. Long-Term Relationships with Birth Families: Communicating across Space, Time, and Difference

7. Concluding Recommendations

Coda: Korean, Adopted, and Reunited during a Pandemic

Appendix: Interview Guides

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Docan-Morgan, Sara In Reunion

ISBN:

9781439922842

1439922845