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'I Didn't Forget--I Just Survived': How the Voices of Chinese Birth Mothers in Contemporary Fiction Destabilize Historical Adoption Narratives

Authors :
Mason, Elizabeth Fuhan
Source :
Chinese America: History and Perspectives. Annual, 2022, p29, 5 p.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Transnational and transracial Chinese adoption narratives hold important power for their ability to construct, reify, and legitimize structures of belonging and modes of kinship in adoptive families. However, the storytellers--who [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10517642
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Chinese America: History and Perspectives
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.793396494