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thousand children were forcefully taken by the DSE from territories they controlled to
Eastern Bloc countries," as described in Woodhouse’s Modern Greece. Although
most of the abducted children were thought to have been relocated to Eastern
European countries, many of these children were traced, decades later, to American
foster homes. One Greek orphan depicted his personal experience living at the Patras
Greek Orphanage in the 1950s: “The orphanages were [filled with] babies and young
children, but the conditions were not good for them. Two babies slept on the same
tiny mattress – no milk, no hot water, no covers. Food, warm clothes, and shoes
[were] a luxury for many of these young children. The State had to do something for
them, and the only way was adoption. They advertised [to] willing couples from
wealthy countries. One of them was USA, and hundreds if not thousands of them
were given for adoption to US citizens” (GreekOrphans.org).
The Korean War (1950-1953)
The adoption of Korean children in the United States was the direct result of the
Korean War. Yet, the adoption explosion that followed marks the Korean War as the
beginning of international adoption as we know it. “This became the first mass wave
of international, interracial adoptions ever on the planet, the forerunner of all those
that have since become commonplace” (Levine, 2000).
A small number of Korean adoptees were the product of a Korean mother and an
American or European father – U.N. military personnel stationed in Korea. Because
most of these children were born out of wedlock, the mothers were left to fend for
themselves when the fathers returned to their homes after the war. At this time,
Object Description
| Title | Babies without borders: exploring perceptions of international adoption |
| Author | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Author email | n.roberts@ymail.com; simplynicolemarie@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Strategic Public Relations |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-31 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-03 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Floto, Jennifer D. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Lynch, Brenda Thorson, Kjerstin |
| Abstract | International adoption is an incredibly complex and hotly debated issue. In an effort to understand the roots of the system, the author delves deep into the history of adoption and the transition to international adoption in the United States while examining the perceptions of the system today.; Using public relations techniques, the author offers communication-based recommendations that will help mitigate any stigma so that international adoptions continue without the negative undertones that are often associated with the idea of adopting from another country. |
| Keyword | adoption; international adoption |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA; Greece; Korea; Vietnam; Guatemala; Romania; USSR; China |
| Coverage date | 1939/2009 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3877 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Roberts-4524 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Roberts-4524.pdf |
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| Title | Page 33 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 21 thousand children were forcefully taken by the DSE from territories they controlled to Eastern Bloc countries," as described in Woodhouse’s Modern Greece. Although most of the abducted children were thought to have been relocated to Eastern European countries, many of these children were traced, decades later, to American foster homes. One Greek orphan depicted his personal experience living at the Patras Greek Orphanage in the 1950s: “The orphanages were [filled with] babies and young children, but the conditions were not good for them. Two babies slept on the same tiny mattress – no milk, no hot water, no covers. Food, warm clothes, and shoes [were] a luxury for many of these young children. The State had to do something for them, and the only way was adoption. They advertised [to] willing couples from wealthy countries. One of them was USA, and hundreds if not thousands of them were given for adoption to US citizens” (GreekOrphans.org). The Korean War (1950-1953) The adoption of Korean children in the United States was the direct result of the Korean War. Yet, the adoption explosion that followed marks the Korean War as the beginning of international adoption as we know it. “This became the first mass wave of international, interracial adoptions ever on the planet, the forerunner of all those that have since become commonplace” (Levine, 2000). A small number of Korean adoptees were the product of a Korean mother and an American or European father – U.N. military personnel stationed in Korea. Because most of these children were born out of wedlock, the mothers were left to fend for themselves when the fathers returned to their homes after the war. At this time, |
