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Invisible Asians: Korean American Adoptees, Asian American Experiences, and Racial Exceptionalism
Kim Park Nelson
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Description for Invisible Asians: Korean American Adoptees, Asian American Experiences, and Racial Exceptionalism
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The first Korean adoptees were powerful symbols of American superiority in the Cold War; as Korean adoption continued, adoptees' visibility as Asians faded as they became a geopolitical success story—all-American children in loving white families. In Invisible Asians, Kim Park Nelson analyzes the processes by which Korean American adoptees’ have been rendered racially invisible, and how that invisibility facilitates their treatment as exceptional subjects within the context of American race relations and in government policies. Invisible Asians draws on the life stories of more than sixty adult Korean adoptees in three locations: Minnesota, home to the largest concentration of Korean adoptees ... Read more
The first Korean adoptees were powerful symbols of American superiority in the Cold War; as Korean adoption continued, adoptees' visibility as Asians faded as they became a geopolitical success story—all-American children in loving white families. In Invisible Asians, Kim Park Nelson analyzes the processes by which Korean American adoptees’ have been rendered racially invisible, and how that invisibility facilitates their treatment as exceptional subjects within the context of American race relations and in government policies. Invisible Asians draws on the life stories of more than sixty adult Korean adoptees in three locations: Minnesota, home to the largest concentration of Korean adoptees ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Series
Asian American Studies Today
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813570679
SKU
V9780813570679
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Ref
99-1
About Kim Park Nelson
KIM PARK NELSON is an associate professor in the American Multicultural Studies program at Minnesota State University at Moorhead.
Reviews for Invisible Asians: Korean American Adoptees, Asian American Experiences, and Racial Exceptionalism
"[Invisible Asians] invites readers to experience the fascinating stories of Koran adoptees and their earnest search for racial and national identity."
Ethnic and Racial Studies
"In this accessible and original work, Kim Park Nelson explores the complexity of historical and contemporary Korean American adoptee identity and experience."
Catherine Ceniza Choy
author of Global Families: A History ... Read more
Ethnic and Racial Studies
"In this accessible and original work, Kim Park Nelson explores the complexity of historical and contemporary Korean American adoptee identity and experience."
Catherine Ceniza Choy
author of Global Families: A History ... Read more