Jessica Walton

Korean Adoptees and Transnational Adoption (eBook, ePUB)

Embodiment and Emotion

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the experiences of South Koreans adopted into Western families and the complexity of what it means to 'feel identity' beyond what is written in official adoption files.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351132299
• Artikelnr.: 56139258

Autorenporträt

Jessica Walton is a Senior Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University, Australia. Her research is on the anthropology and sociology of education, race and ethnic relations, adoption and migration.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Emotional labour and transnational adoption 2. Becoming an
adoptee 3. "I don't see Korean": Feeling 'white' 4. Feeling a 'Korean'
identity 5. Embodied memory, temporality and adoptee connections
Conclusion: Beyond binaries: Embodiment, adoption and emotional labour