The Fetishization of Female Asian Adoptees

Join us to talk with Dr. Kimberly McKee about her book, Adoption Fantasies: The Fetishization of Asian Adoptees from Girlhood to Womanhood.

In this episode, we cover:

This book explores how Asian women and girls, specifically Asian adoptees in the US, negotiate the sensationalism and fictional portrayal of adoption in US popular culture.

  • “Modern Family” and “Sex and the City” (and “And Just Like That…”) 
  • “Sideways”
  • Soon-Yi Previn and Woody Allen
  • The limits of multiculturalism 
  • How does adoption play into the fetishization of female Asian adoptees? 

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Music Credit: Michael Ashworth

Podcast Producer: Megown SoundWorks