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Reclaiming Culture: Reculturation of Transracial and International Adoptees
Author(s) -
Baden Amanda L.,
Treweeke Lisa M.,
Ahluwalia Muninder K.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2012.00049.x
Subject(s) - acculturation , enculturation , ethnic group , terminology , race (biology) , sociology , typology , gender studies , anthropology , linguistics , philosophy
The cultural experiences of transracial and international adoptees (TRIAs) are uniquely affected by their adoption across cultures and racial/ethnic groups. Upon adoption, TRIAs typically identify quickly with their adoptive parents’ White culture but may eventually seek to reclaim their birth culture. Current terminology used to describe cultural identifications and changes (e.g., acculturation, enculturation) does not adequately depict the reclamation of birth culture by TRIAs. The authors describe a new term for this process called reculturation .