Author: Elise M. Prébin
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814760260
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
"Thoughtfully written, drawing on her own life experience as well as her anthropological training, Prébin provides us with a new window into the complex world of trans-national adoption. She weaves together kinship, media, and globalization as well as recent Korean history to offer us lessons about today's adoption practices." —Barbara Katz Rothman, author of Weaving A Family: Untangling Race and Adoption A great mobilization began in South Korea in the 1990s: adult transnational adoptees began to return to their birth country and meet for the first time with their birth parents—sometimes in televised encounters which garnered high ratings. What makes the case of South Korea remarkable is the sheer scale of the activity that has taken place around the adult adoptees' return, and by extension the national significance that has been accorded to these family meetings. Informed by the author’s own experience as an adoptee and two years of ethnographic research in Seoul, Meeting Once More sheds light on an understudied aspect of transnational adoption: the impact of adoptees on their birth country, and especially on their birth families. The volume offers a complex and fascinating contribution to the study of new kinship models, migration, and the anthropology of media. Elise Prébin was born in South Korea in 1978, was raised in France, and is now living in New York City with her husband and daughter. In 2006 she obtained her PhD at University of Paris X-Nanterre in social anthropology, was a postdoc and lecturer at Harvard University from 2007 to 2009 and served as Assistant Professor at Hanyang University (South Korea) from 2010 to 2011. She is now an independent scholar.
Meeting Once More
Author: Elise M. Prébin
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814760260
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
"Thoughtfully written, drawing on her own life experience as well as her anthropological training, Prébin provides us with a new window into the complex world of trans-national adoption. She weaves together kinship, media, and globalization as well as recent Korean history to offer us lessons about today's adoption practices." —Barbara Katz Rothman, author of Weaving A Family: Untangling Race and Adoption A great mobilization began in South Korea in the 1990s: adult transnational adoptees began to return to their birth country and meet for the first time with their birth parents—sometimes in televised encounters which garnered high ratings. What makes the case of South Korea remarkable is the sheer scale of the activity that has taken place around the adult adoptees' return, and by extension the national significance that has been accorded to these family meetings. Informed by the author’s own experience as an adoptee and two years of ethnographic research in Seoul, Meeting Once More sheds light on an understudied aspect of transnational adoption: the impact of adoptees on their birth country, and especially on their birth families. The volume offers a complex and fascinating contribution to the study of new kinship models, migration, and the anthropology of media. Elise Prébin was born in South Korea in 1978, was raised in France, and is now living in New York City with her husband and daughter. In 2006 she obtained her PhD at University of Paris X-Nanterre in social anthropology, was a postdoc and lecturer at Harvard University from 2007 to 2009 and served as Assistant Professor at Hanyang University (South Korea) from 2010 to 2011. She is now an independent scholar.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814760260
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
"Thoughtfully written, drawing on her own life experience as well as her anthropological training, Prébin provides us with a new window into the complex world of trans-national adoption. She weaves together kinship, media, and globalization as well as recent Korean history to offer us lessons about today's adoption practices." —Barbara Katz Rothman, author of Weaving A Family: Untangling Race and Adoption A great mobilization began in South Korea in the 1990s: adult transnational adoptees began to return to their birth country and meet for the first time with their birth parents—sometimes in televised encounters which garnered high ratings. What makes the case of South Korea remarkable is the sheer scale of the activity that has taken place around the adult adoptees' return, and by extension the national significance that has been accorded to these family meetings. Informed by the author’s own experience as an adoptee and two years of ethnographic research in Seoul, Meeting Once More sheds light on an understudied aspect of transnational adoption: the impact of adoptees on their birth country, and especially on their birth families. The volume offers a complex and fascinating contribution to the study of new kinship models, migration, and the anthropology of media. Elise Prébin was born in South Korea in 1978, was raised in France, and is now living in New York City with her husband and daughter. In 2006 she obtained her PhD at University of Paris X-Nanterre in social anthropology, was a postdoc and lecturer at Harvard University from 2007 to 2009 and served as Assistant Professor at Hanyang University (South Korea) from 2010 to 2011. She is now an independent scholar.
The Surprising Science of Meetings
Author: Steven G. Rogelberg
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190689218
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
No organization made up of human beings is immune from the all-too-common meeting gripes: those that fail to engage, those that inadvertently encourage participants to tune out, and those that blatantly disregard participants' time. In The Surprising Science of Meetings, Steven G. Rogelberg draws from extensive research, analytics and data mining, and survey interviews to share the proven techniques that help managers and employees change the way they run meetings and upgrade the quality of their working hours.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190689218
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
No organization made up of human beings is immune from the all-too-common meeting gripes: those that fail to engage, those that inadvertently encourage participants to tune out, and those that blatantly disregard participants' time. In The Surprising Science of Meetings, Steven G. Rogelberg draws from extensive research, analytics and data mining, and survey interviews to share the proven techniques that help managers and employees change the way they run meetings and upgrade the quality of their working hours.
Once More the Hawks
Author: Max Hennessy
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 1842328816
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Last in the RAF trilogy, this story charts the exploits of world-class fighter pilot Dicken Quinney. It is the summer of 1939 and when war breaks out, Quinney finds himself flying through the skies of France, shot down over a cemetery and forced to make a breath-taking escape across Nazi Europe, into the hands of his nemesis, General Lee Tse Liu.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 1842328816
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Last in the RAF trilogy, this story charts the exploits of world-class fighter pilot Dicken Quinney. It is the summer of 1939 and when war breaks out, Quinney finds himself flying through the skies of France, shot down over a cemetery and forced to make a breath-taking escape across Nazi Europe, into the hands of his nemesis, General Lee Tse Liu.
Never Again Once More
Author: Mary B. Morrison
Publisher: Dafina Books
ISBN: 9780758200075
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
In this eagerly awaited sequel to "Soulmates Dissipate, " bestselling author Morrison follows Jada and Wellington as they find themselves facing new conflicts that will challenge the decisions they made years ago.
Publisher: Dafina Books
ISBN: 9780758200075
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
In this eagerly awaited sequel to "Soulmates Dissipate, " bestselling author Morrison follows Jada and Wellington as they find themselves facing new conflicts that will challenge the decisions they made years ago.
Once More With Feeling
Author: Brenda Bancroft
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
ISBN: 1630582956
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Carlie and her new husband, Gus Dennis, enjoy thier small apartment and close church family in rural Virginia. The little they have belongs to them and brings them comfort. Unanswered questions in Gus's past are not important-until the day a stranger comes to their door. Gus had preferred not to tell Carli that he was the only heir to Dennis Mining and Manufacturing-and unimaginable wealth. Now the company needs Gus as CEO, and Carli's ideal marriage suddenly faces the combined powers of high society and Gus's manipulative mother. Carli doesn't understand her place in this new lifesytle that seems to go against her Christian foundations. Can her marriage to Gus survive the extreme pressures from work, society, and family? Or will she have to find her own path away from the dream of wedded bliss?
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
ISBN: 1630582956
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Carlie and her new husband, Gus Dennis, enjoy thier small apartment and close church family in rural Virginia. The little they have belongs to them and brings them comfort. Unanswered questions in Gus's past are not important-until the day a stranger comes to their door. Gus had preferred not to tell Carli that he was the only heir to Dennis Mining and Manufacturing-and unimaginable wealth. Now the company needs Gus as CEO, and Carli's ideal marriage suddenly faces the combined powers of high society and Gus's manipulative mother. Carli doesn't understand her place in this new lifesytle that seems to go against her Christian foundations. Can her marriage to Gus survive the extreme pressures from work, society, and family? Or will she have to find her own path away from the dream of wedded bliss?
The New-York Mirror
Author: George Pope Morris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Indifferent
Author: Cass Cassidy
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
ISBN: 1782224599
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Cass Cassidy was enjoying his National Service in picturesque Trieste when the fun was shattered by court martial and military prison. Just the start of a fascinating tale of interesting places and colourful characters - cheerful, sad, vulnerable, malicious and evil. The story takes a positive turn after liberation when Cassidy meets a lovely Irish girl and they are married – the start of family life and its varied challenges. Indifferent is the first book of a trilogy about the life of Cass Cassidy (1934-1968), which he eventually shared with his wife Kathleen and their three children Linda Ann, Lorna Theresa and Mark McNeill. By the same author: Blind Man in Gaba Road”
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
ISBN: 1782224599
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Cass Cassidy was enjoying his National Service in picturesque Trieste when the fun was shattered by court martial and military prison. Just the start of a fascinating tale of interesting places and colourful characters - cheerful, sad, vulnerable, malicious and evil. The story takes a positive turn after liberation when Cassidy meets a lovely Irish girl and they are married – the start of family life and its varied challenges. Indifferent is the first book of a trilogy about the life of Cass Cassidy (1934-1968), which he eventually shared with his wife Kathleen and their three children Linda Ann, Lorna Theresa and Mark McNeill. By the same author: Blind Man in Gaba Road”
Once in a Blue Moon
Author: Amber L. Lynch
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481741977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Lisa didn't think life could get any more normal than this, well, if seeing alien space ships counts as normal. But that wasn't a real alien space ship, just her imagination. Or so she wished...But aside from the good grades, a decent social life, and Decker, her boyfriend of seven years, moving away, everything seemed pretty normal. Until a new girl arrives into town. Her name is Rosalind and she seems like any other new kid, shy and slightly confused, but what Lisa didn't know was that Rose had a little secret, and when this strange girl shows up at Lisa's front door, Lisa doesn't know what to expect. Then Rose reveals something even more strange...Now Lisa, Decker and Adam are caught between a deal. If they can answer any questions this new girl has for them, then in return they may ask any questions of their own. But what they don't know is that the answers they receive will change the way they look at themselves and their world. Lisa wonders how they would've gotten themselves into such a mess, because before all of this, life felt normal...
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481741977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Lisa didn't think life could get any more normal than this, well, if seeing alien space ships counts as normal. But that wasn't a real alien space ship, just her imagination. Or so she wished...But aside from the good grades, a decent social life, and Decker, her boyfriend of seven years, moving away, everything seemed pretty normal. Until a new girl arrives into town. Her name is Rosalind and she seems like any other new kid, shy and slightly confused, but what Lisa didn't know was that Rose had a little secret, and when this strange girl shows up at Lisa's front door, Lisa doesn't know what to expect. Then Rose reveals something even more strange...Now Lisa, Decker and Adam are caught between a deal. If they can answer any questions this new girl has for them, then in return they may ask any questions of their own. But what they don't know is that the answers they receive will change the way they look at themselves and their world. Lisa wonders how they would've gotten themselves into such a mess, because before all of this, life felt normal...
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Neoliberal Reform in Machu Picchu
Author: Pellegrino A. Luciano
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498545955
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
As Latin America completes its second decade of neoliberal reforms, Pellegrino A. Luciano takes readers on an ethnographic journey back to a moment of monumental social and economic change in Peru. In Neoliberal Reform in Machu Picchu, Luciano describes the privatization struggles and challenges of people living in the district of Machu Picchu, a heritage area and tourism destination, during the early 2000s. This Incan citadel became central to the Peruvian government’s neoliberal policies and efforts to project a new global image and attract foreign capital. Luciano analyzes the role of middle-class actors in consequence, resistance, and accommodation to these neoliberal changes. This book is recommended for scholars of anthropology, political science, economics, tourism studies, and history.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498545955
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
As Latin America completes its second decade of neoliberal reforms, Pellegrino A. Luciano takes readers on an ethnographic journey back to a moment of monumental social and economic change in Peru. In Neoliberal Reform in Machu Picchu, Luciano describes the privatization struggles and challenges of people living in the district of Machu Picchu, a heritage area and tourism destination, during the early 2000s. This Incan citadel became central to the Peruvian government’s neoliberal policies and efforts to project a new global image and attract foreign capital. Luciano analyzes the role of middle-class actors in consequence, resistance, and accommodation to these neoliberal changes. This book is recommended for scholars of anthropology, political science, economics, tourism studies, and history.