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oapen-20.500.12657-905662024-05-28T02:21:45Z Hoofdstuk 12 - Mimic Diaspora: identiteit en het idee van de ‘Ander’ bij Zuid-Koreaanse adoptiemigranten in Vlaanderen (1968-2021) Moonen, Jiři transnational adoption transnational reproduction thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare and social services::JKSF Adoption and fostering This contribution examines identity and the idea of the ‘Other’ among South Korean adoption migrants in Flanders (1968-2021)Despite their considerable numbers, the population of South Korean adoption migrants is generally absent in historical migration studies (Cammu, 2021). Due to their unique history, which differs significantly from other migration groups, adoptees are usually not considered migrants. According to Katrien De Graeve, the practice of adoption has more of a connotation of an alternative form of family expansion by white middle-class parents. This privileged desire for children grants adoptees easier access to Western countries than other immigrants, and their migration background often seems overlooked. Growing up in white families and communities would further erase their status as immigrants and be accompanied by a false insensitivity to racism and stereotypes (De Graeve, 2012). Based on interviews conducted in 2021 and 2022, this chapter gives a voice to ten of these adoption migrants from Flanders and examines their subjective world of memories. 2024-05-27T11:53:03Z 2024-05-27T11:53:03Z 2023 chapter ONIX_20240527_9789461175311_8 9789461175311 9789461175618 9789461175601 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90566 dut application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International H12.pdf https://www.borgerhoff-lamberigts.be/owl-press/shop/boeken/voorbij-transnationale-adoptie?variant=144703 ASP editions - Academic and Scientific Publishers Voorbij transnationale adoptie ASP Editions 10.46944/9789461175618.6 This contribution examines identity and the idea of the ‘Other’ among South Korean adoption migrants in Flanders (1968-2021)Despite their considerable numbers, the population of South Korean adoption migrants is generally absent in historical migration studies (Cammu, 2021). Due to their unique history, which differs significantly from other migration groups, adoptees are usually not considered migrants. According to Katrien De Graeve, the practice of adoption has more of a connotation of an alternative form of family expansion by white middle-class parents. This privileged desire for children grants adoptees easier access to Western countries than other immigrants, and their migration background often seems overlooked. Growing up in white families and communities would further erase their status as immigrants and be accompanied by a false insensitivity to racism and stereotypes (De Graeve, 2012). Based on interviews conducted in 2021 and 2022, this chapter gives a voice to ten of these adoption migrants from Flanders and examines their subjective world of memories. 10.46944/9789461175618.6 5cae5a70-e73a-4f54-96c8-533084e04e50 d58c75ed-009f-4540-9bb0-188e0be186f1 9789461175311 9789461175618 9789461175601 ASP Editions 12 Brussels open access
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This contribution examines identity and the idea of the ‘Other’ among South Korean adoption migrants in Flanders (1968-2021)Despite their considerable numbers, the population of South Korean adoption migrants is generally absent in historical migration studies (Cammu, 2021). Due to their unique history, which differs significantly from other migration groups, adoptees are usually not considered migrants. According to Katrien De Graeve, the practice of adoption has more of a connotation of an alternative form of family expansion by white middle-class parents. This privileged desire for children grants adoptees easier access to Western countries than other immigrants, and their migration background often seems overlooked. Growing up in white families and communities would further erase their status as immigrants and be accompanied by a false insensitivity to racism and stereotypes (De Graeve, 2012). Based on interviews conducted in 2021 and 2022, this chapter gives a voice to ten of these adoption migrants from Flanders and examines their subjective world of memories.
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