Description
This project will outline the context under which transnational adoption becomes necessary and how this international process affects bicultural individuals. I will be focusing specifically on the One Child Policy of China and its psychological and sociopolitical effects on Chinese American adoptees, who are often girls. Transnationally adopted Chinese Americans are inherently bicultural due to the difference between their nationality and ethnicity; thus, I will be examining how transnationally (native country differs from adoptive country) adopted individuals interpret their place in between both cultures and how this affects their psychological well-being, with attention to COVID-19 and the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The context and consequences through which I analyze the parameters that determine whether an individual belongs to a ‘culture’ will be organized through a literary framework of Postcolonialism.
Made in China: Analyzing the Cultural Context and Consequences of Transnational Adoption
This project will outline the context under which transnational adoption becomes necessary and how this international process affects bicultural individuals. I will be focusing specifically on the One Child Policy of China and its psychological and sociopolitical effects on Chinese American adoptees, who are often girls. Transnationally adopted Chinese Americans are inherently bicultural due to the difference between their nationality and ethnicity; thus, I will be examining how transnationally (native country differs from adoptive country) adopted individuals interpret their place in between both cultures and how this affects their psychological well-being, with attention to COVID-19 and the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The context and consequences through which I analyze the parameters that determine whether an individual belongs to a ‘culture’ will be organized through a literary framework of Postcolonialism.