Birth Mothers and Transnational Adoption Practice in South Korea Virtual Mothering
This book illuminates the hidden history of South Korean birth mothers involved in the 60-year-long practice of transnational adoption. The author presents a performance-based ethnography of maternity homes, a television search show, an internet forum, and an oral history collection to develop the c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan
2016, 2016
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2016 |
| Series: | Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- PART I: UNBECOMING MOTHERS: HISTORY OF GENDERED VIOLENCE
- 1. Secure the Nation; Secure the Family
- 2. Maternity Homes and the Birthplace of the Virtual Mother
- PART II: RECONNECTION: VIRTUAL MOTHERING
- 3. Television Mothers: Birth Mothers Lost and Found in the Search-and-Reunion Narrative
- 4. Performing Virtual Mothers and Forging Virtual Kinship
- 5. “I am a Mother but not a Mother”: The Paradox of Virtual Mothering