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The History of Asian/American Film - Somewhere Between

2021/11/20
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Created by Hannah Bowman.

Summary: 

An analytical look at the documentary film Somewhere Between, and the lives of Chinese adoptees in the United States. Featuring a summary of the historical and current factors of this phenomenon, a discussion of its ethicality, and a personal interview with Jia Wessen, an American adoptee from China.

Works Cited

Choy, Catherine C. Global Families : A History of Asian International Adoption in America. 

E-book, NYU Press, 2013. 

Högbacka, Riitta. “The Quest for a Child of One's Own: Parents, Markets and Transnational 

Adoption”. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, vol. 39, no.3, 2008, pp. 311-IX. Proquest, www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/quest-child-ones-own-parents-markets/ docview/232583587/se-2?accountid=9708

Somewhere Between. Directed by Linda Goldstein Knowlton, ITV Studios Global 

Entertainment, 201.