Description: Further DetailsTitle: From Orphan to AdopteeCondition: NewSubtitle: U.S. Empire and Genealogies of Korean AdoptionAuthor: SooJin PateFormat: PaperbackISBN-10: 0816683077EAN: 9780816683079ISBN: 9780816683079Publisher: University of Minnesota PressGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Parenting, Social Sciences, HistoryRelease Date: 04/14/2014Description: Since the 1950s, more than 100,000 Korean children have been adopted by predominantly white Americans; they were orphans of the Korean War, or so the story went. But begin the story earlier, as SooJin Pate does, and what has long been viewed as humanitarian rescue reveals itself as an exercise in expanding American empire during the Cold War. Transnational adoption was virtually nonexistent in Korea until U.S. military intervention in the 1940s. Currently it generates $35 million in revenue—an economic miracle for South Korea and a social and political boon for the United States. Rather than focusing on the families “made whole” by these adoptions, this book identifies U.S. militarism as the condition by which displaced babies became orphans, some of whom were groomed into desirable adoptees, normalized for American audiences, and detached from their past and culture. Using archival research, film, and literary materials—including the cultural work of adoptees—Pate explores the various ways in which Korean children were employed by the U.S. nation-state to promote the myth of American exceptionalism, to expand U.S. empire during the burgeoning Cold War, and to solidify notions of the American family. In From Orphan to Adoptee we finally see how Korean adoption became the crucible in which technologies of the U.S. empire were invented and honed.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 25mmBook Series: Difference IncorporatedRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: From Orphan to Adoptee
Title: From Orphan to Adoptee
Subtitle: U.S. Empire and Genealogies of Korean Adoption
ISBN-10: 0816683077
EAN: 9780816683079
ISBN: 9780816683079
Genre: Society & Culture
Subject: History
Release Year: 2014
Release Date: 04/14/2014
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Soojin Pate
Publication Name: From Orphan to Adoptee : U. S. Empire and Genealogies of Korean Adoption
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication Year: 2014
Series: Difference Incorporated Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 8.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
