The Fetishization of Female Asian Adoptees

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Join us to talk with Dr. Kimberly McKee about her book, Adoption Fantasies: The Fetishization of Asian Adoptees from Girlhood to Womanhood.

In this episode, we cover:
This book explores how Asian women and girls, specifically Asian adoptees in the US, negotiate the sensationalism and fictional portrayal of adoption in US popular culture.

• “Modern Family” and “Sex and the City” (and “And Just Like That…”) 
• “Sideways”
• Soon-Yi Previn and Woody Allen
• The limits of multiculturalism 
• How does adoption play into the fetishization of female Asian adoptees? 

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Please leave us a rating or review.  This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.

Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:

• Weekly podcasts
• Weekly articles/blog posts
• Resource pages on all aspects of family building