NEXT CHAPTER is on Families, Kinship and Marriage (Oct 21, 23)
Watch the Rick Smolan TED Talk on an Amerasian adoption (25 mins) BEFORE class Tue Oct 21 in addition to your assignment to take the online quiz. For the following Thursday, read "Life without Fathers" in Conformity & Conflict. We will discuss the implications of the photographer's intentions and impact in international adoption.
Questions to consider about Natasha's Story: If Natasha had been Amerasian, but looked more Asian than American, how would her enculturation have been different or how might her acculturation into an American family have differed? Would this story of adoption been as compelling? Why or why not? Consider these questions from several points of view: Rick the photographer, Natasha's grandmother, Natasha, Natasha's uncle, and Natasha's adoptive parents.
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