Adopted Koreans and the Development of Identity in the ‘Third Space’

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-24

  Hübinette, Tobias ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adopted; identity; international adoption; Korea; Koreans; third space

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845475531     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590402800104     Document Type: Article

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