Below is a work-in-progress list of recommended books, videos and other media related to Korea, Korean and transracial adoption, Asian identity politics and other topics of interest:
Books
- Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption edited by Jane Jeong Trenka, Julia Chinyere Oparah and Sun Yung Shin
- The Language of Blood
by Jane Jeong Trenka (Korean version also available)
- A Single Square Picture
- The Unforgotten War: Dust of the Streets
- Comforting an Orphaned Nation by Tobias Hubinette
- Transnational Adoption: A Cultural Economy of Race, Gender, and Kinship
- Beyond Good Intentions: A Mother Reflects on Raising Internationally Adopted Children
- I Wish for You a Beautiful Life: Letters From the Korean Birth Mothers of Ae Ran Won to Their Children
- Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment, Adoption, and Orphanage Care in China
- Century of the Tiger: One Hundred Years of Korean Culture in America
- Dangerous Women: Gender & Korean Nationalism
- Yobo: Korean American Writing in Hawai’i
- The 1.5 Generation: Becoming Korean American in Hawaii
- Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights
Other Essential Reading
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh, available for download (PDF) on Jane Jeong Trenka’s site
Videos & Films
- KBS In-Depth 60 Minutes: Baby Exporting Nation
- First Person Plural by Deann Borshay Liem (order film)
- Crossing Chasms
- Passing Through by Nathan Adolfson
- Resilience by Tammy Chu (see also)
- Searching for Go-Hyang by Tammy (Tolle) Chu
- Made in Korea: A One-Way Ticket Seoul-Amsterdam? by In-Soo Radstake
- Surplus by Joy Dietrich
- Tie a Yellow Ribbon by Joy Dietrich (Korea Times interview)
- Outside Looking In: Transracial Adoption in America by Phil Bertelsen (order film)
