LiLi Johnson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5685106 |
|---|---|
| NAME | LiLi Johnson |
| GIVEN NAMES | LiLi |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnson |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSON L |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7110-9674 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Technology of Family
This essay theorizes the role of referral photography, photographs sent to prospective adoptive parents upon assignment of a child, in the formation and racialization of kinship within transnational adoption from Asia. Because the practice is used across domestic and transnational adoption, adoption from Asia offers a case study for which to understand how systems like photography can function as, what I call, a technology of family that has the …
Transnational Family Photographs and Adoption from Asia
Paper Family Photography
This article examines the use of photography in family immigration records of Chinese immigrating to the United States during Chinese exclusion. During the era of Chinese exclusion (1882–1943), Chinese individuals could only enter the United States as American citizens or family of American citizens. Therefore, the governmental record-keeping regarding Chinese families was both extensive and fundamental to managing Chinese immigration. As this ar…
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Paper Family Photography
This article examines the use of photography in family immigration records of Chinese immigrating to the United States during Chinese exclusion. During the era of Chinese exclusion (1882–1943), Chinese individuals could only enter the United States as American citizens or family of American citizens. Therefore, the governmental record-keeping regarding Chinese families was both extensive and fundamental to managing Chinese immigration. As this ar…
Transnational Family Photographs and Adoption from Asia
A Technology of Family
This essay theorizes the role of referral photography, photographs sent to prospective adoptive parents upon assignment of a child, in the formation and racialization of kinship within transnational adoption from Asia. Because the practice is used across domestic and transnational adoption, adoption from Asia offers a case study for which to understand how systems like photography can function as, what I call, a technology of family that has the …
Art (2 works) · China (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Genealogy (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Kinship (2 works) · Photography and Visual Culture (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)