Sunah M Laybourn
Biographic Data
| ID | 226860 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sunah M Laybourn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sunah M |
| FAMILY NAME | Laybourn |
| SIGNATURE | LAYBOURN S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Memphis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“In My Heart, I Am Cambodian”: Symbolic Ethnicity among Parents Who Adopt Transracially
Research finds that white Americans primarily draw upon ancestral ties to assert symbolic ethnicity, often relying on figurative elements to create identity. Through 47 interviews with 56 white adoptive parents, who attend culture camps, the authors find a new avenue through which whites may exercise their ethnic options: domestic and transnational transracial adoption. Drawing on their experience of parenting transracially adopted children, we f…
Adopting the Model Minority Myth: Korean Adoption as a Racial Project
Drawing upon racial formation theory, this paper argues that Korean adoption was part of a racial project that advanced the model minority myth, helping shape what it means to be Asian in America. This focus on Korean adoption as part of the foundation of the model minority myth departs from traditional renderings that concentrate exclusively on Japanese and Chinese Americans. It also addresses the exclusion of Korean adoptees from Asian immigrat…
Adopting the Model Minority Myth: Korean Adoption as a Racial Project
Drawing upon racial formation theory, this paper argues that Korean adoption was part of a racial project that advanced the model minority myth, helping shape what it means to be Asian in America. This focus on Korean adoption as part of the foundation of the model minority myth departs from traditional renderings that concentrate exclusively on Japanese and Chinese Americans. It also addresses the exclusion of Korean adoptees from Asian immigrat…
Adopting the Model Minority Myth: Korean Adoption as a Racial Project
Drawing upon racial formation theory, this paper argues that Korean adoption was part of a racial project that advanced the model minority myth, helping shape what it means to be Asian in America. This focus on Korean adoption as part of the foundation of the model minority myth departs from traditional renderings that concentrate exclusively on Japanese and Chinese Americans. It also addresses the exclusion of Korean adoptees from Asian immigrat…
“In My Heart, I Am Cambodian”: Symbolic Ethnicity among Parents Who Adopt Transracially
Research finds that white Americans primarily draw upon ancestral ties to assert symbolic ethnicity, often relying on figurative elements to create identity. Through 47 interviews with 56 white adoptive parents, who attend culture camps, the authors find a new avenue through which whites may exercise their ethnic options: domestic and transnational transracial adoption. Drawing on their experience of parenting transracially adopted children, we f…
Anthropology (2 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 works) · Asian americans (1 works)