Invisible Asians : : Korean American Adoptees, Asian American Experiences, and Racial Exceptionalism / / Kim Park ParkNelson.
The first Korean adoptees were powerful symbols of American superiority in the Cold War; as Korean adoption continued, adoptees' visibility as Asians faded as they became a geopolitical success story-all-American children in loving white families. In Invisible Asians, Kim Park Nelson analyzes t...
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ParkNelson, Kim Park, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Invisible Asians : Korean American Adoptees, Asian American Experiences, and Racial Exceptionalism / Kim Park ParkNelson. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2016] ©2016 1 online resource (248 p.) : 6 photographs, 1 table text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Asian American Studies Today Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Text -- Introduction. A History of Korean American Adoption in Print -- 1. A Korean American Adoption Ethnography: Method, Theory, and Experience -- 2. "Eligible Alien Orphan": The Cold War Korean Adoptee -- 3. Adoption Research Discourse and the Rise of Transnational Adoption, 1974-1987 -- 4. An Adoptee for Every Lake: Multiculturalism, Minnesota, and the Korean Transracial Adoptee -- 5. Adoptees as White Koreans: Identity, Racial Visibility, and the Politics of Passing among Korean American Adoptees -- 6. Uri Nara, Our Country: Korean American Adoptees in the Global Age -- Conclusion: The Ends of Korean Adoption -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The first Korean adoptees were powerful symbols of American superiority in the Cold War; as Korean adoption continued, adoptees' visibility as Asians faded as they became a geopolitical success story-all-American children in loving white families. In Invisible Asians, Kim Park Nelson analyzes the processes by which Korean American adoptees' have been rendered racially invisible, and how that invisibility facilitates their treatment as exceptional subjects within the context of American race relations and in government policies. Invisible Asians draws on the life stories of more than sixty adult Korean adoptees in three locations: Minnesota, home to the largest concentration of Korean adoptees in the United States; the Pacific Northwest, where many of the first Korean adoptees were raised; and Seoul, home to hundreds of adult adoptees who have returned to South Korea to live and work. Their experiences underpin a critical examination of research and policy making about transnational adoption from the 1950s to the present day. Park Nelson connects the invisibility of Korean adoptees to the ambiguous racial positioning of Asian Americans in American culture, and explores the implications of invisibility for Korean adoptees as they navigate race, culture, and nationality. Raised in white families, they are ideal racial subjects in support of the trope of "colorblindness" as a "cure for racism" in America, and continue to enjoy the most privileged legal status in terms of immigration and naturalization of any immigrant group, built on regulations created specifically to facilitate the transfer of foreign children to American families. Invisible Asians offers an engaging account that makes an important contribution to our understanding of race in America, and illuminates issues of power and identity in a globalized world. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Adoptees United States. Asian Americans Ethnic identity. Cultural pluralism United States. Intercountry adoption Korea (South). Intercountry adoption United States. Interracial adoption United States. Korean Americans Ethnic identity. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package 9783110649826 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 9783110666144 print 9780813570679 https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813584393?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813584393 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780813584393.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Text -- Introduction. A History of Korean American Adoption in Print -- 1. A Korean American Adoption Ethnography: Method, Theory, and Experience -- 2. "Eligible Alien Orphan": The Cold War Korean Adoptee -- 3. Adoption Research Discourse and the Rise of Transnational Adoption, 1974-1987 -- 4. An Adoptee for Every Lake: Multiculturalism, Minnesota, and the Korean Transracial Adoptee -- 5. Adoptees as White Koreans: Identity, Racial Visibility, and the Politics of Passing among Korean American Adoptees -- 6. Uri Nara, Our Country: Korean American Adoptees in the Global Age -- Conclusion: The Ends of Korean Adoption -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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