Dr. Ann Frechette

This book is a welcome and much needed contribution. -- Ann Frechette, Luce Junior Professor of Asian Studies, Hamilton College

Anne FrechettePh.D. Candidate , Anthropology , Harvard University

It all signals a shift in philosophy in the adoption community , from one that presses for assimilation of their children to one that embraces a different culture."The support network is unprecedented," says Ann Frechette, and anthropologist and expert on Chinese adoptions at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. Groups of families are organized through Internet listserves, adoption agencies and organizations like Families with Children from China.Some are groups of families that traveled together to China when they first went to get their Chinese babies.Families get together to celebrate Chinese holidays and the anniversary of their travel date.Some also send their children to Chinese language lessons and Chinese culture camps.Only part of the goal is to deal with race issues, Frechette says.
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History textbooks, for instance, may not even mention Chinese Americans in the battle over civil rights."They are not not prepared for racism in America," Frechette says.But, she notes, these people are pressuring the schools to do things differently.

"The support network is unprecedented," says Ann Frechette, and anthropologist and expert on Chinese adoptions at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y.

Groups of families are organized through Internet listserves, adoption agencies and organizations like Families with Children from China.Some are groups of families that traveled together to China when they first went to get their Chinese babies.

Families get together to celebrate Chinese holidays and the anniversary of their travel date.Some also send their children to Chinese language lessons and Chinese culture camps.

Only part of the goal is to deal with race issues, Frechette says.
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"They are not not prepared for racism in America," Frechette says.But, she notes, these people are pressuring the schools to do things differently.

Ann Frechette
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"Ann Frechette's multi-sited and multidimensional study, moving back and forth between the local and the global, should serve as a necessary resource for scholars studying other communities in exile or in diasporic circumstances. · Stanley J. Tambiah, Esther and Sidney Rabb Research Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University
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"Frechette explicates the social and institutional conditions of Tibetan success in exile in a globalizing world ...
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Ann Frechette is Associate in Research at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research in Cambridge Massachusetts

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Led by Ann Frechette, PhD, Associate in Research, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University.
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Dr. Ann Frechette is Associate in Research at Harvard University's Fairbank Center for East Asian Research. She has a PhD in Social Anthropology from Harvard University and has been conducting research in China since 1997, most recently on international adoption from China since 2001. Her work has been funded by the MacArthur Foundation for Peace and Security, the Fulbright Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the Luce Foundation, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation. She has been teaching Asian Studies and Anthropology in the greater Boston area for the past ten years.

The workshop will be lead by Dr. Ann Frechette.Cost is $25.00 per person and includes the workshop, lunch, snacks and handouts.

The workshop will include sessions on Chinese History, Language, Culture, Family Customs, Cultural Presentations and the film, "To Live"

Dr. Ann Frechette is an anthropologist and Asian Studies professor.She has been conducting research in China since 1995 and is the recipient of MacArthur, Fulbright, Mellon, Luce, and Freeman Fellowships.She received her PhD in Social Anthropology from Harvard University in 1997 and has taught at Harvard, Tufts, and Brandeis universities.In her current position as Associate at the Fairbank Center for East Asian research, she is writing a book about the China - U. S. adoption process.