A comparative collection featuring Yara-Colette Lemke Muniz de Faria’s study of colonial racial research, Black German children, and the institutional construction of racial difference.
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Relative Strangers
Mixed-race Korean adoptees trace original families through DNA, records and journeys shaped by the aftermath of the Korean War. Work in progress.
In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee
Liem investigates the identity substitution in her adoption records and searches for the Korean girl whose name she was given.
First Person Plural
Deann Borshay Liem revisits her adoption from South Korea to the United States and reunites with her Korean family.
International Adoption in North American Literature and Culture
How are international adoption and adoptee lives represented in literature and culture? This edited collection brings literary and cultural analysis to questions of family,…
Adoption Across Race and Nation: Histories That Cross Borders
Adoption Across Race and Nation: US Histories and Legacies brings together perspectives on adoption, racial power, family, and national belonging. Its chapters place individual…
