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The Language of the Blood Resources

The Language of Blood Resources

Trenka, Jane Jeong. The Language of Blood : A Memoir. St. Paul, Minn.: Borealis Books, 2003.

This is the 2004-2005 common reading for all ENG 111 classes. Listed below are resources to further your understanding while reading the book.

Resources mentioned in the interview (the interview video and these books are available on reserve in the library)

Jane Jeong Trenka's website
Cha, Theresa Hak Kyung. Dictee. 1st Calif. pbk. ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
Lewallen, Constance, Lawrence Rinder, and T. Minh-Ha Trinh. The Dream of the Audience : Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951-1982). Berkeley: University of California Berkeley Art Museum : University of California Press, 2001.

 

Reviews of Language of Blood

Ciuraru, Carmela. "BOOK REVIEW; the Search for a Heritage Ignored; Language of Blood: A Memoir. Jane Jeong Trenka; Borealis Books: 226 Pp., $23.95." Los Angeles Times Nov 26 2003: E.20.
Hoover, Danise. The Language of Blood (Book). Vol. 100. American Library Association / Booklist Publications, 2003.
Root, and Christopher. "Korean Adoptee Experience in Minnesota." International Examiner May 31 2004, sec. 15: 5.
Williams, Sarah T. "A Dozen Winners to Read, Admire ; this Year's Minnesota Book Awards Went to Lesser-Known Literary Lights." Star Tribune Apr 26 2004: 1.B.

 

Articles and websites about adoption

Leslie Kaufman. "Birth Parents Retaining a Voice In New York Foster Care Model." New York Times [New York, N.Y.] 3 Jun. 2004, Late Edition (East Coast): A.1.
Minnesota Coalition for Adoption Reform http://www.adoptreform.org/
Oliviero, Helena. "More and More, Families Who Adopt Children Born Abroad are Adopting their Child's Culture, Too." The Atlanta Journal - Constitution Nov 10 2003: E.1.
UNICEF Innocenti Digest http://www.unicef-icdc.org/research/IIS/SC5.html

Articles and books about race relations

Freedman, Samuel G. "Still Separate, Still Unequal." New York Times Book Review 16 May. 2004: 7.8.
Foner, Nancy, and George M. Fredrickson. Not just Black and White : Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 6465.
Kaeser, Gigi, and Peggy Gillespie. Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1997.
Tanenhaus, Sam. "Black, White and Brown." New York Times Book Review 16 May. 2004: 7.35.

Resources about sexual harassment and stalking

Resources to assist students with situations of stalking and harassment
  Services available on campus to help students who are victims of stalking or harassment.
How to respond to someone who has been stalked
 

This handout was developed to address scenarios that might arise in relation to the stalking/sexual harassment/sexual assault aspects of the book, The Language of Blood. The readings will likely bring up emotional responses in some students around other issues as well (adoption, family conflict); these issues are not directly addressed here but the resources and responses noted could be helpful in addressing those issues as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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