Birth mothers and transnational adoption practice in South Korea : virtual mothering /: virtual mothering. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hosu Kim.
• Other Names: Kim, Hosu
• Contents: Introduction : from invisible mothers to virtual mothering -- Part I : Unbecoming mothers : a history of gendered violence -- Secure the nation, secure the family -- Maternity homes, the birthplace of the virtual mother -- Par II : Reconnection : virtual mothering -- Television mothers : birth mothers lost and found in the search-and-reunion narrative -- Performing virtual mothering and forging virtual kinshyip -- "I am a mother, but not a mother" : the paradox of virtual mothering.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.87432095195; Social sciences; Birthmothers -- Korea (South); Adoption -- Korea (South); Intercountry adoption -- Korea (South); SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference; Adoption; Birthmothers; Intercountry adoption; Ethnography; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Korea (South); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137538529
• Related ISBNs: 113753852X; 1137538511; 9781137538512
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.