To Save the Children of Korea (eBook)

The Cold War Origins of International Adoption

Arissa H Oh (Autor)

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2023
320 Seiten
Stanford University Press (Verlag)
9780804795333 (ISBN)

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To Save the Children of Korea examines how and why the practice of international adoption began in Korea in the 1950s, and how it grew and spread to other sending and receiving countries around the world in the decades since.

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"e;The important . . . largely unknown story of American adoption of Korean children since the Korean War . . . with remarkably extensive research and great verve."e; -Charles K. Armstrong, Columbia UniversityArissa Oh argues that international adoption began in the aftermath of the Korean War. First established as an emergency measure through which to evacuate mixed-race "e;GI babies,"e; it became a mechanism through which the Korean government exported its unwanted children: the poor, the disabled, or those lacking Korean fathers. Focusing on the legal, social, and political systems at work, To Save the Children of Korea shows how the growth of Korean adoption from the 1950s to the 1980s occurred within the context of the neocolonial US-Korea relationship, and was facilitated by crucial congruencies in American and Korean racial thought, government policies, and nationalisms. Korean adoption served as a kind of template as international adoption began, in the late 1960s, to expand to new sending and receiving countries. Ultimately, Oh demonstrates that although Korea was not the first place that Americans adopted from internationally, it was the place where organized, systematic international adoption was born. "e;Absolutely fascinating."e; Giulia Miller, Times Higher Education"e; Gracefully written. . . . Oh shows us how domestic politics and desires are intertwined with geopolitical relationships and aims."e; Naoko Shibusawa, Brown University"e;Poignant, wide-ranging analysis and research."e; Kevin Y. Kim, Canadian Journal of History"e;Illuminates how the spheres of 'public' and 'private,' 'domestic' and 'political' are deeply imbricated and complicate American ideologies about family, nation, and race."e; Kira A. Donnell, Adoption & Culture

Autor

Arissa H. Oh is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Boston College.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.5.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Asian America
• Reihe/Serie: Asian America
• Zusatzinfo: 2 tables, 3 figures, 18 illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Adoption • GI babies • Immigration • Intercountry adoption • international adoption • Korea • Mixed-Race • orphan • Race
• ISBN-13: 9780804795333 / 9780804795333