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Korea-adopterade kvinnors berättelser till sitt hemland och omvärld

Persson, Maria LU (2019) GNVK02 20191
Department of Gender Studies
Abstract
This paper aims to examine how nine adopted women, through an article series published in a feminist journal in South Korea, articulate alternative narratives to and thereby resistance towards the normative structures and narratives that exist surrounding adoption, by presenting stories and analyses from lived experience. These alternative stories are analysed through the term reculturation. Four major types of ‘doing’ are described by the authors: telling - the collective testimony; returning and the will to stay - a discursive impossibility; retaking - de-assimilation and taking back something lost; and the writing of one’s own history - the importance of being seen and validated. Within these ‘doings’, several aspects of reculturation -... (More)
This paper aims to examine how nine adopted women, through an article series published in a feminist journal in South Korea, articulate alternative narratives to and thereby resistance towards the normative structures and narratives that exist surrounding adoption, by presenting stories and analyses from lived experience. These alternative stories are analysed through the term reculturation. Four major types of ‘doing’ are described by the authors: telling - the collective testimony; returning and the will to stay - a discursive impossibility; retaking - de-assimilation and taking back something lost; and the writing of one’s own history - the importance of being seen and validated. Within these ‘doings’, several aspects of reculturation - education, experience and immersion - can be observed. (Less)
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author
Persson, Maria LU
supervisor
organization
course
GNVK02 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
transracial, transnational, adoptee, reculturation, international adoption
language
English
id
9007440
date added to LUP
2020-06-25 08:42:34
date last changed
2020-06-25 08:42:34
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  abstract     = {{This paper aims to examine how nine adopted women, through an article series published in a feminist journal in South Korea, articulate alternative narratives to and thereby resistance towards the normative structures and narratives that exist surrounding adoption, by presenting stories and analyses from lived experience. These alternative stories are analysed through the term reculturation. Four major types of ‘doing’ are described by the authors: telling - the collective testimony; returning and the will to stay - a discursive impossibility; retaking - de-assimilation and taking back something lost; and the writing of one’s own history - the importance of being seen and validated. Within these ‘doings’, several aspects of reculturation - education, experience and immersion - can be observed.}},
  author       = {{Persson, Maria}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Korea-adopterade kvinnors berättelser till sitt hemland och omvärld}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}