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Her most recent perspective is that of an advisor and international adoption liaison in
her current role providing information to parents interested in adopting.
One of the major concerns with international adoption is the loss of cultural
identity that occurs when the child is completely cut off from the land of his or her
birth. Sharon explained that in order to avoid or lessen the effects of cultural
separation, adoptive parents have to make specific efforts to surround their child with
cultural influences from their homeland. Sharon has made a concerted effort to
maintain a cultural connection to India for her daughters’ sake. The girls have
always had people around them who share similar physical features because of
Sharon’s pre-existing relationships with her Indian friends. Her daughters took
Indian dance lessons, learned about Indian culture and cuisine because their mother
realized how important ethnic and cultural connections are for international adoptees.
Even with Sharon’s complete devotion to a cultural awareness of their Indian
heritage, her international adoption story is not without bumps in the road. Her oldest
daughter still had a few struggles defining her cultural identity.
“Although our neighborhood is multicultural, there aren’t a lot of Indians so they
ask her if she’s biracial, Hispanic. So growing up, she has not been able to place
what she is even though she has known she’s from India. We have Indian friends,
she was taking Indian dance, listening to Indian music…all of that – but because
everyone at her school thought she was something else, she thought she was
something else. So trying to navigate her through that was a little challenging…”
Similar to raising a biological child, raising a child from another country has a set of
challenges that cannot be ignored. Since the majority of international adoptees are a
different race than their adoptive parents, questions related to their birthplace will
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 |
Description
| Title | Page 63 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 51 Her most recent perspective is that of an advisor and international adoption liaison in her current role providing information to parents interested in adopting. One of the major concerns with international adoption is the loss of cultural identity that occurs when the child is completely cut off from the land of his or her birth. Sharon explained that in order to avoid or lessen the effects of cultural separation, adoptive parents have to make specific efforts to surround their child with cultural influences from their homeland. Sharon has made a concerted effort to maintain a cultural connection to India for her daughters’ sake. The girls have always had people around them who share similar physical features because of Sharon’s pre-existing relationships with her Indian friends. Her daughters took Indian dance lessons, learned about Indian culture and cuisine because their mother realized how important ethnic and cultural connections are for international adoptees. Even with Sharon’s complete devotion to a cultural awareness of their Indian heritage, her international adoption story is not without bumps in the road. Her oldest daughter still had a few struggles defining her cultural identity. “Although our neighborhood is multicultural, there aren’t a lot of Indians so they ask her if she’s biracial, Hispanic. So growing up, she has not been able to place what she is even though she has known she’s from India. We have Indian friends, she was taking Indian dance, listening to Indian music…all of that – but because everyone at her school thought she was something else, she thought she was something else. So trying to navigate her through that was a little challenging…” Similar to raising a biological child, raising a child from another country has a set of challenges that cannot be ignored. Since the majority of international adoptees are a different race than their adoptive parents, questions related to their birthplace will |
