International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice (Paperback)

Discover the roots of international transracial adoption

International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice explores the long history of international transracial adoption. Scholars present the expert multidisciplinary perspectives and up-to-date research on this most significant and longstanding form of international child welfare practice. Viewpoints and research are discussed from the academic disciplines of psychology, ethnic studies, sociology, social work, and anthropology. The chapters examine sociohistorical background, the forming of new families, reflections on Korean adoption, birth country perspectives, global perspectives, implications for practice, and archival, historical, and current resources on Korean adoption.

International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice provides fresh insight into the origins, development, and institutionalization of Korean adoption. Through original research and personal accounts, this revealing text explores how Korean adoptees and their families fit into their family roles—and offers clear perspectives on adoption as child welfare practice. Global implications and politics, as well as the very personal experiences are examined in detail. This source is a one-of-a-kind look into the full spectrum of information pertaining to Korean adoption.

Topics in International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice include:

adoption from the Korean perspective
historical origins of Korean adoption in the United States
adjustments of young adult adoptees
marketing to choosy adopters
ethnic identity
perspectives on the importance of race and culture in parenting
birth mothers’ perspectives
sociological approach to race and identity
representations of adoptees in Korean popular culture
adoption in Australia and the Netherlands
much, much more

International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice is illuminating reading for adoptees, adoptive parents, practitioners, educators, students, and any child welfare professional.

About the Editors
Contributors
Foreword (Paull Shin)
Preface
PART I: SOCIOHISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Chapter 1. A Country Divided: Contextualizing Adoption from a Korean Perspective (Dong Soo Kim)
Historical and Cultural Background
Korean Conflict and Its Impact on Families
The Origin of Korean International Adoption
International Adoption As a Permanent Institution
Motivation for International Adoption
Globalization of Korean International Adoption
Questions and Issues
Recent Developments
Chapter 2. Institutionalizing International Adoption: The Historical Origins of Korean Adoption in the United States (Catherine Ceniza Choy)
A World Vision
From Rescue to Rivalry
Independent Adoption Schemes: An Uneven Legacy
PART II: FORMING NEW FAMILIES
Chapter 3. A Long-Term Follow-Up of Transracially Adopted Children in Their Young Adult Years (William Feigelman)
Methods
Results
Discussion
Chapter 4. Choosing Korea: Marketing “Multiculturalism” to Choosy Adopters (Kristi Brian)
The Trouble with “Culture”
Themes of the Dominant Institutional Discourse
Conclusion: Shifting the Practice Paradigm Toward a Problem-Oriented View of Adoption Culture
Chapter 5. Korean Adopted Children’s Ethic Identity Formation (Nam Soon Huh)
Ethnic Identity
Ethnic Identity Development and Adoption
Methods
Results
Discussion
Implications for Practice
Chapter 6. Transracial Adoptive Parents’ Thoughts About the Importance of Race and Culture in Parenting (M. Elizabeth Vonk, Sung Hyun Yun, Wansoo Park, and Richard R. Massatti)
Methodology
Results
Discussion
Implications
PART III: REFLECTIONS ON KOREAN ADOPTION
Chapter 7. Remembering Loss: The Koreanness of Overseas Adopted Koreans (Eleana Kim)
Introduction
Points of Reentry
The Global Family of Korea
Wedding Citizenship and Culture
Conclusion
Chapter 8. Mothers Without Mothering: Birth Mothers from South Korea Since the Korean War (Hosu Kim)
Trauma and the Figure of the Birth Mother
Intercountry Adoption and Korea
Three Cohorts of Birth Mothers’ Characteristics in Korea
Affect Economy and the Figure of the Birth Mother
The Child As Gift or Adoption As Gift?
Activating the Memory of Birth Mothers
Chapter 9. A Sociological Approach to Race, Identity, and Asian Adoption (Jiannbin L. Shiao and Mia H. Tuan)
Introduction
The Asian Adoption Phenomenon
The Desirability of Asian Adoptees
Controversy Over Black-White Adoption Placements
Asian Adoption As an Area of Sociological Investigations
Research
Clues from the “Asian Immigrants in White Families: Korean Adoptees in American” Study
Conclusion: From Family Adjustment to Diverse Meaning and Contexts
Chapter 10. Lifting the Shroud of Silence: A Korean Adoptee’s Search for Truth, Legitimacy, and Justice (Rebecca Hurdis)
Prologue
Christianity and the Korean War
Illegitimate Motherhood
Daughters of the Ghost
PART IV: BIRTH-COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 11. Recent Trends in Child Welfare and Adoption in Korea: Challenges and Future Directions (Bong Joo Lee)
Introduction
A Brief History of Adoption in Korea
Trends in Adoption
Challenges and Future Directions of Adoption in Korea
Conclusion
Chapter 12. Korea’s Overseas Adoption and Its Positive Impact on Domestic Adoption and Child Welfare in Korea (Tai Soon Bai)
Introduction
Domestic Adoption Practice in Korea
Impact of International Adoption on the Development of Domestic Adoption and Child-Welfare Practices
Conclusion
Chapter 13. The Korean Adoption Issue and Representations of Adopted Koreans in Korean Popular Culture (Tobias Hübinette)
The Importance of

International Korean Adoption

A Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice

Edited by Kathleen Ja Sook Bergquist, M. Elizabeth Vonk, Dong Soo Kim, Marvin D. Feit

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