International Korean Adoption A Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice

• 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

Biography

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