Cultures of Transnational Adoption, edited by Toby Alice Volkman, illuminates unique and infrequently heard dimensions of adoption. These nine essays include an account by a translator for a group of adoptees making a return visit to Chile from their adopted home country of Sweden (I knew there were Korean-Swedish adoptees, but never knew that Chile was a main sending country to Sweden from 1974-1991). There is a substantive and fascinating essay on young adult Korean adoptees returning to Korea for “cultural learning tours” often sponsored by the Korean government. The author shares the adoptees’ diverse opinions on whether they felt … Continue reading →