The first Amerasians : mixed race Koreans from camptowns to America /

'The First Amerasians' tells the powerful, oftentimes heartbreaking story of how Americans created and used the concept of the Amerasian to remove thousands of mixed race children from their Korean mothers to adoptive US homes during the 1950s and 1960s. In doing so, Yuri W. Doolan reveals...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Doolan, Yuri W.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.
Zusammenfassung:
'The First Amerasians' tells the powerful, oftentimes heartbreaking story of how Americans created and used the concept of the Amerasian to remove thousands of mixed race children from their Korean mothers to adoptive US homes during the 1950s and 1960s. In doing so, Yuri W. Doolan reveals how the Amerasian is not simply a mixed race person fathered by a US serviceman in Asia nor a racial term used to describe individuals with one American and one Asian parent like its popular definition suggests. Rather, the Amerasian is a Cold War construct whose rescue has been utilized to repudiate accusations of US imperialism and achieve sentimental victories in the aftermath of wars not quite won by the military.
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations.
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2024.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-753442-2
0-19-753440-6
Schlagworte:
Intercountry adoption > United States > History > 20th century.
Intercountry adoption > Korea (South) > History > 20th century.
Korean American adoptees.
Multiracial children > Korea (South).
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Children.
Family and Relationships.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
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