Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Chinese orphans, American families, adoptive families, Chinese heritage
College
Humanities
Department
Asian and Near Eastern Languages
Abstract
Due to systematic gender discrimination and the “one-child” policy, the overwhelming majority of Chinese orphans adopted by American families are female. Families choose different ways of familiarizing their adopted daughters with “Chinese culture” and making them aware of their “Chinese heritage.” As a third-generation Chinese-American, I was interested in using participatory filmmaking as a method to examine the issues of identity and cultural heritage that arose as families with adopted Chinese daughters took them back to visit China for the first time.
Recommended Citation
Gong, Gloria Jean and Christensen, Dr. Matthew
(2013)
"找 老 家: Documentary Filmmaking and the Search for Chinese Heritage,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 637.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/637