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Author:

Lee, Ellen (Ellen S.)

Title:

Once they hear my name : Korean adoptees and their journeys toward identity / Ellen Lee, Marilyn Lammert, Mary Anne Hess.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Tamarisk Books,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

178 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Korean Americans--Biography.
Adopted children--Biography.

Other Authors:

Lammert, Marilyn.
Hess, Mary Anne.

Contents:

Adam Carlson -- Ami Nafzger -- Michelle Zebrowski -- Todd Knowlton -- Becca Swick -- A.J. Thomassen -- Jesse Nickelson -- Kathleen Bergquist -- Frances Gipson.

Summary:

A testament to the more than 100,000 Korean adoptees who have come to the United States since the 1950s, this collection of oral histories features the stories of nine Korean Americans who were adopted as children and the struggles they've shared as foreigners in their native lands. From their early confrontations with racism and xenophobia to their later-in-life trips back to Korea to find their roots (with mixed results), these narratives illustrate the wide variety of ways in which all adoptive parents and adoptees--not just those from Korea--must struggle with issues of identity, alienation, and family.

ISBN:

0979375614 (hd.)
9780979375613 (hd.)
0979375606 (pbk.)
9780979375606 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)191928273

LCCN:

2007937159

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)