false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174369597m/389462.jpg 389462 1 During the 1990s, the number of children adopted from poorer countries to the more affluent West grew exponentially. Close to 140,000 transnational adoptions occurred in the United States alone. While in an earlier era, adoption across borders was assumed to be straightforward—a child traveled to a new country and stayed there—by the late twentieth century, adoptees were expected to acquaint themselves with the countries of their birth and explore their multiple identities. Listservs, Web sites, and organizations creating international communities of adoptive parents and adoptees proliferated. With contributors including several adoptive parents, this unique collection looks at how transnational adoption creates and transforms cultures.<BR><BR>The cultural experiences considered in this volume raise important questions about race and nation; about kinship, biology, and belonging; and about the politics of the sending and receiving nations. Several essayists explore the images and narratives related to transnational adoption. Others examine the recent preoccupation with “roots” and “birth cultures.” They describe a trip during which a group of Chilean adoptees and their Swedish parents traveled “home” to Chile, the “culture camps” attended by thousands of young-adult Korean adoptees whom South Korea is now eager to reclaim as “overseas Koreans,” and adopted children from China and their North American parents grappling with the question of what “Chinese” or “Chinese American” identity might mean. Essays on Korean birth mothers, Chinese parents who adopt children within China, and the circulation of children in Brazilian families reveal the complexities surrounding adoption within the so-called sending countries. Together, the contributors trace the new geographies of kinship and belonging created by transnational adoption.<BR><BR><I>Contributors.</I> Lisa Cartwright, Claudia Fonseca, Elizabeth Alice Honig, Kay Johnson, Laurel Kendall, Eleana Kim, Toby Alice Volkman, Barbara Yngvesson<BR> 379079 5 2005 Cultures of Transnational Adoption total:11|5:4|4:3|3:4| 11 44 23 0 0 0 false false Sun Aug 16 17:27:59 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 17:28:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 15 19:21:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 19:22:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 31 06:35:16 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 06:35:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 17 21:20:29 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 21:20:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Mar 11 15:46:10 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 15:46:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 11 11:53:19 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 11:53:25 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 07 13:19:07 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 13:19:07 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Oct 05 16:15:13 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 16:15:40 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Sep 28 09:39:18 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 09:39:18 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Jul 19 23:26:26 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 23:26:26 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Mar 23 16:23:22 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 16:23:32 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Feb 26 08:52:50 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 08:52:56 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 14 15:29:47 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 08:44:55 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Dec 07 12:57:56 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 07 12:57:56 -0800 2007 3 0 false false Thu Dec 27 21:37:50 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 19:03:40 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 19:03:43 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Fri Nov 30 11:35:51 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 11:35:57 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Mon Nov 05 08:48:07 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 05 08:48:07 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Wed Oct 31 22:37:24 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 22:37:31 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Oct 25 22:37:47 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 22:37:47 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Wed Oct 17 20:56:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 20:56:09 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=389462