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Living Betwixt: A Rhetorical Narrative Analysis of Transracial Adoptees’ Online Stories

Hockersmith, Jana
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1595846593113627

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2020, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Communication.
The purpose of this study was to examine how adult transracial adoptees narrate their experiences with adoption as racial and ethnic minorities. Transracial adoption is classified as an adoption in which the adoptive parent(s) and child(ren) are of different races. This racial difference can complicate the identity development of the transracial adoptee. Personal stories about adoption experiences can provide insight into these complications from the perspective of the adoptee. In this research, 11 personal narratives written by transracial adoptees were analyzed through the lens of Gloria Anzaldua’s borderlands and nepantla theories. Narrative analysis was used to examine structure and themes within the stories. Three themes emerged, indicating that transracial adoption is a complex process that often leaves adoptees feeling stuck between two worlds: their adoptive family’s race and their birth race.
John Lynch, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Ronald Jackson II, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Heather Zoller, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
74 p.
Communication
Transracial Adoption; Narrative Analysis; Adoption; Gloria Anzaldua; Borderlands; Nepantla

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  • Hockersmith, J. (2020). Living Betwixt: A Rhetorical Narrative Analysis of Transracial Adoptees’ Online Stories [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1595846593113627

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hockersmith, Jana. Living Betwixt: A Rhetorical Narrative Analysis of Transracial Adoptees’ Online Stories. 2020. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1595846593113627.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hockersmith, Jana. "Living Betwixt: A Rhetorical Narrative Analysis of Transracial Adoptees’ Online Stories." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1595846593113627

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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