The Missing Peace: Offerings from the Study of Adoption, Culture, and Identity

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dc.contributor.advisorSkillman, Amy
dc.contributor.advisorMoonsammy, Rita
dc.contributor.advisorLieberthal Rho, Joy
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Laura
dc.contributor.departmentCultural Sustainabilityen_US
dc.contributor.programMA in Cultural Sustainabilityen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-24T15:30:08Z
dc.date.available2018-05-24T15:30:08Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-24
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this capstone is to expand cultural sustainability practice by investigating how emerging adult Chinese adoptees living in the United States negotiate identity formation and belonging. To understand the multifaceted experience of being a transnational, transracial adoptee means to understand a robust convergence of time, place, and culture. Drawing from two-years of interviews and focus groups with eight female emerging adult Chinese adoptees, I argue there exists a Chinese adoptee culture in the United States with unique needs and nuanced dimensions. Therefore, I situate this capstone at the apex of psychology, sociology, and folklore to demonstrate how cultural sustainability practice can lift identities in diaspora, strengthen family ties, and lead to wider social change. I conclude with reflection on what it is like to be an adoptee working in adoption and then offer a set of recommendations of ways to better reconcile vast differences between cultures.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMA IN CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY SCHOLARSHIPS: Community Scholaren_US
dc.format.extent162 pagesen_US
dc.genrecapstonesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2804XN86
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/10862
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtGoucher College, Baltimore, MD
dc.rightsThis work may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain information or permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Goucher Special Collections & Archives at 410-337-6347 or email archives@goucher.edu.*
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectChinese adopteeen_US
dc.subjectCultural Sustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectBelongingen_US
dc.subjectIdentityen_US
dc.subjectReconciliationen_US
dc.subject.lcshCultural sustainability -- Capstone (Graduate)
dc.titleThe Missing Peace: Offerings from the Study of Adoption, Culture, and Identityen_US
dc.typeCollectionen_US

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