Intercountry Adoptees Tell Their Stories

Informationen zum Autor Heather Ahn-Redding is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at High Point University, North Carolina. Rita J. Simon is Professor of Justice, Law and Society at American University. Klappentext Intercountry Adoptees Tell Their Stories reflects the thoughts and experiences of adult transracial adoptees. The authors conducted in-depth interviews in order to understand and examine the adoptees. The men and women interviewed in this study offer the readers a detailed and personal glimpse into their worlds. They represent a range of positive and negative adoption stories and describe the complexities of ethnic identity formation. Zusammenfassung Reflects the thoughts and experiences of adult transracial adoptees. This book uses interviews to help understand and examine the adoptees. It contains interviews that offer a detailed and personal glimpse into their worlds. They represent a range of positive and negative adoption stories and describe the complexities of ethnic identity formation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Intercountry Adoption Part 3 Introduction to Interviews Part 4 Interviews Chapter 5 Korean Chapter 6 Vietnamese Chapter 7 Hispanic-Latino Chapter 8 USA: African American Chapter 9 USA: Caucasian Part 10 Summary and Concluding Remarks

Product details

• Authors: Heather Ahn-Redding, Heather Simon Ahn-Redding, Ahn-Redding Heather, Rita J. Simon, Rita James Simon
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2007
• EAN: 9780739118566
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1856-6
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: family and relationships