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>> 219 Abandonment, 22, 39, 94, 104, 118, 161, 164, 167–168, 170, 171, 184n5, 185n10, 185n11, 186n22, 186n29, 195n3, 203n1; in “Arirang ,” 56, 188n10; by boyfriend, 24, 43, 45; cases of, 104, 106, 153, 154, 163, 195n4; justification of, 153–154, statistics, 184n9; versus relinquishment, 109–110 Abelmann, Nancy, 81, 194n13 Abortion: in Japan, 165, 203n3 ; in Korea, 164–165, 170, 203n4; in Taiwan, 170 Ach’im madang: aftermaths, 122–132, 151–157, 161–162, 169, 171, 179; description, 1, 3, 5–7, 11–12; hosts, 6, 68, 69–76, 78–81, 82–86, 90, 104, 111–115, 119, 128–130, 151–157, 169, 174, 190n2, 191n15, 191n27; interpreter, 3, 73, 74, 79, 80, 98, 120, 123– 124, 126–130, 156, 192n27; and kinship, 103–104, 105–109, 111–117, 119; opening credits, 68, 85; origins of, 75, 88–90, 93, 98, 194n1; paid audience, 1, 6–7, 8, 68, 71, 73, 76–77, 80, 155, 192n34; participants, 68–69, 70, 74, 75, 86, popularity of, 69, 74, 75–77, 81–82, 190n4, 191n25; preparation of, 70–71, 72, 75, 77, 94, 123, 127; professor , 68, 84–86, 90, 97, 111, 119, 152–153; scenario writer, 69–75, 82, 94, 98, 112, 123, 127, 154; viewership, 5–6, 7, 11, 39, 68–69, 71–72, 75–78, 81–83, 88, 112, 115, 119, 169, 174, 175, 192n27, 192n28, 193n71 Adoptees: agency, 9, 14, 16, 66, 177, 183n7, 190n12; associations, 28, 66, 74, 131, 187n42, 187n44, 189n3, 191n6; as depicted by Korean media, 2, 10, 21–22, 27, 28–29, 32, 88, 100, 109, 161–162, 175, 178, 185n11; as diasporic Koreans, 16, 21, 29–34, 37, 47, 50, 52, 54, 57, 63–66, 92–97, 131, 162, 168–170, 178, 189n6, 190n11; gathering, 28–29, 32, 66, 113, 159, 161; honorary citizenship, 58–60; stereotypes, 25, 35, 38–47, 47–51, 54–55, 61–62, 88 Adoption: advertisement of, 23, 184n1; agencies, 9, 22, 25; Holt, 1, 3, 5, 22, 23–28, 38–40, 41–42, 43, 46, 51, 54, 65, 74, 106, 109, 113, 120, 131, 158–159, 161, 168, 183n1, 184n10, 185n15, 186n21, 186n24, 190n10, 197n48; domestic, 23, 25, 27–28, 106, 109–110, 116, 185n11, 186n35, 201n2; as gift, 13, 106; law, 13–15, 177, 185n11, 188n6; practices in Confucian Korea, 13, 42, 196n33, 198n52; practices in contemporary Korea, 22–23, 27–28, 106, 109–110, 116, 185n1 Adoptive: citizenship, 179; country, 33, 66, 161, 177; family, 4, 14, 18, 27, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 131, 149, 178, 179, 180, 196n20, 197n48; filiation, 42, 63, 156; parents, 13, 14, 16, 29, 48, 65, 80, 81, 96, 103, 106, 109, 110, 123–124, 126, 130, 147, 155, 181, 183n11, 184n12, 185n15, 188n2; relationship (ties), 181 America (United States of), 22, 23, 42, 121, 145, 147, 196n19; adoption practices in, 14, 23, 24, 25, 27, 109, 184n3, 184n5, 185n15, 186n21, 201n3; anti-Americanism, 26; education, 32, 47, 50, 58, 188n16, 188n18; Korean adoptees in, 1, 7, 29, 32, 39–40, 43, 53, 54, 57, 58, 66, 74, 79, 85, 96, 127–128, 156, 188n2, 199n73; Korean-Americans, 25, 30–31, 32, 36, 43, 46, 48–49, 73, 74, 79, 85, 157, 189n10, 190n5; Korean War, 23; military, 23–24, 24–25, 45, 89, 90, 123, 128, 185n18; newspaper, 22, 24, 184n Ancestors, 44, 83, 166, 170; rituals for, 49, 125, 139, 147, 162, 172, 174, 175, 183n5, 200n10 Anderson, Benedict, 74 Index 220 > 221 Gender, 77, 80, 118, 177, 190, 199, 141, 161; in adoption practices, 27–28, 106, 186n39, 201n2; inequality, 25, 36–37, 43–44, 57, 60, 75, 114–115, 116, 138; of nation, 96, 112, 115–116 Ghost (spirit), 43, 44–45, 100, 118, 164, 165–168, 205n17, 204n9, 204n10, 204n12, 205n17, 205n18 Gift, 13, 33, 52, 56, 65, 69, 106, 124, 130, 135, 138, 140, 142, 143–144, 147, 161–162, 170 Globalization, 10, 14, 16, 18, 21, 28, 29–30, 31–32, 52, 74, 177, 191n22, 192n53; and child circulation, 110; and diaspora politics, 28, 30–34, 47, 52, 57, 63–66, 86, 92, 97, 131, 161, 178, 189n4, 189n9, 190n13, 191n22; and education, 50, 188n17; and nostalgia, 81, 193n63; and reproduction, 177 Grinker, Roy, 91, 205n14, 206n29 Guilt, 5, 18, 22, 99, 110, 115, 120, 131, 140, 154, 155, 157, 158, 165, 167, 170; versus shame, 154, 171, 202n10 Happy end: at Ach’im madang, 82, 119, 126–127, 154; warning against, 97, 118, 206n29 Head of the family, 116, 139, 195n7...

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