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'Why am I compelled to write?
Because the writing saves me from this complacency I fear. Because I have no choice...
Because the world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me.
By writing I put order in the world, give it a handle so I can grasp it'
Anzaldúa, G. (2002). Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers, Voices From The Gap
Groups for Adoption Researchers and professionals
Transracial and Transnational Adoption Research Group
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Intra-Adoption Research
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Academic Research on Vietnamese Adoption
The following research was made possible with the assistance of members of AVI, VAN and general adoptee community.
MA by Research - Thesis Title: 'Adopted Vietnamese: Not Quite/Just the Same/Different'.Department of Writing, Journalism and Social Inquiry. [trans from MA in Comm. Mngt]
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
[Supervisors: Prof Andrew Jakubowicz, Assoc. Prof Heather Goodall and Assoc. Prof Paula Hamilton]
'The Adopted Vietnamese Community: From Fairytales to the Diaspora' - Vietnam Beyond the Frame: Special Edition of Michigan Quarterly Review, Vol XLII, No. 4, Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Journal. Fall 2004. pp 648 - 664.To order email MQR@umich.edu
'Beyond the Vietnam War Adoptions: Representing Our Transracial Lives'. In Outsiders Within: Racial Crossings and Adoption Politics. (Eds, Trenka, J. J.;Oparah, C. and Shin, S. Y.). Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2006. pp. 275 - 285.
http://www.southendpress.org/2005/items/87646/TableOfContents
Enquiries email jane@languageofblood.com
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KEY WORDS: Transnational adoption research, adoption from Vietnam, Vietnamese adoptees, diaspora, intercountry adoption studies.
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