Korean Adoptees and Transnational Adoption - Embodiment and Emotion

Informationen zum Autor Jessica Walton is a Senior Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University, Australia. Her research is on the anthropology and sociology of education, race and ethnic relations, adoption and migration. Klappentext This book investigates the experiences of South Koreans adopted into Western families and the complexity of what it means to 'feel identity' beyond what is written in official adoption files. Zusammenfassung This book investigates the experiences of South Koreans adopted into Western families and the complexity of what it means to ‘feel identity’ beyond what is written in official adoption files. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Emotional labour and transnational adoption 2. Becoming an adoptee 3. “I don’t see Korean”: Feeling ‘white’ 4. Feeling a ‘Korean’ identity 5. Embodied memory, temporality and adoptee connections Conclusion: Beyond binaries: Embodiment, adoption and emotional labour

Product details

• Authors: Jessica Walton, Jessica (Deakin University Walton, Walton Jessica
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780815354628
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-5462-8
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies; Routledge Advances in Korean Studies
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Korea, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering, Adoption & fostering, Adoption and fostering