Finding Their Place

How Adoptive Parents Utilize Chinese Activities for Inclusion in Multiple Americas

Bibliographic Data

ID12469836
AuthorsYung‐yi Diana Pan (corresponding author), Yung-Yi Diana Pan
Year2013
Volume16
Issue1
Pages91-119
Publication date2013-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Asian American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1096-8598 • E-ISSN: 1097-2129
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jaas.2013.0001
OpenAlexW1984925877
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

This article characterizes adoptive parents not as consumers of Chinese culture or identity, but as facilitators who seek inclusion for their children. Specifically, the author finds that adoptive parents utilize involvement in Chinese activities for their children to find a place in (1) Asian and (2) multi–racial, cultural, and ethnic Americas, primarily. A small segment of parents focus on inclusion in (3) upper/middle-class America through involvement in Chinese activities. By comparing the experiences and expectations of white and Asian American parents, the author argues that context shapes the way adoptive parents understand their children’s inclusion in multiracial America

Aesthetics · Art · Chinese americans · Class (philosophy · Context (archaeology · Ethnic group · Geography · Identity (music · Inclusion (mineral · Middle class · Political science · Sociology · White (mutation · Anthropology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Gender Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology

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