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Transnational Mobility and Identity in and out of Korea Yonson Ahn

Transnational Mobility and Identity in and out of Korea By Yonson Ahn

Transnational Mobility and Identity in and out of Korea by Yonson Ahn


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Through a series of empirical studies, this edited volume examines socio-cultural aspects of transnational mobility in and out of Korea as well as the process in which overseas Koreans, returnees, and marriage migrants in South Korea gain agency and negotiate multiple identities.

Transnational Mobility and Identity in and out of Korea Summary

Transnational Mobility and Identity in and out of Korea by Yonson Ahn

This volume examines the socio-cultural aspects of transnational mobility of the Korean diaspora across the globe, spanning countries such as Japan, the Philippines, Germany, the US, and the UK. The contributors explore gendered migration, social inclusion and exclusion in homeland and hostland, embodied multiple subjectivities and belonging in historical and contemporary contexts, migrants' work and family, ethnic media consumption, information and communication technology (ICT) in transnational mobility, ethnic return migration, and marriage migration. This work is a strong interdisciplinary and trans-regional study, combining various disciplines such as sociology, gender studies, anthropology, history, theater studies, media and communication studies, and Asian studies.

Transnational Mobility and Identity in and out of Korea Reviews

This is the only book I know that examines such a diverse range of mobilities to and from South Korea in both historical and contemporary contexts. Most of the chapters are theoretically sophisticated with substantial ethnographic detail and should interest not only Korean Studies specialists, but scholars studying migration, diasporas, and race and ethnicity more broadly. I especially appreciated the emphasis on professional and marriage migration, and the return migration of adoptees and diasporic descendants to the ethnic homeland. -- Takeyuki Tsuda, Arizona State University
A new era of migration produces new features of immigrant lives. These features are well analyzed in this collection, which also examines enduring topics with fresh perspectives, such as the gendered dimensions of migration, return migrants, and newly dug up topics from the past, all in this innovative collection. This welcome addition is a fascinating compression of time and space with reference to transnational mobility of Korean migrants in and out of Korea. The authors analyze data from interviews, historical documents, theater work, and media. The collection explores why people move in and out of borders, what the priorities are to them, how they go about in search of identities, and seeking work, education, asylum, touring, and health services. Interactions between immigrants, returnees and locals are richly described. -- Gil Soo Han, Monash University

About Yonson Ahn

Yonson Ahn is professor and chair of Korean studies at the Goethe University of Frankfurt.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Transnational Mobility and Korea

Yonson Ahn



Part I: Transnational Mobility and Media



1. Media and Transnational Mobility of Korean Women

Youna Kim



2. Transnational Journey into Belonging: Korean American Adoptee's Birth Search in Eric Sharp's Middle Brother

Jieun Lee



Part II: Migratory Mobility and Gender



3. Nursing Care in Contact Zones: Korean Healthcare Guest Workers in Germany

Yonson Ahn



4. Patriarchal Racialization: Gendered and Racialized Integration of Foreign Brides and Foreign Husbands in South Korea

Seonok Lee



5. Doing Business in Contemporary Japan: The 'New' Wave of Korean Female Immigrants

Dukin Lim



Part III: Return Migration



6. Living as Overseas Koreans in South Korea: Examining the Differential Inclusion of Korean American Returnees

Stephen Cho Suh



7. (Dis-)Connectedness and Identity Negotiation: Lived Experiences of Korean Chinese Students in South Korea

Ruixin Wei



8. Uh... well, we're... Russians: Identity and Resistance to Ethnic Hierarchy Among Koryo Saram Diasporic Returnees in South Korea

Changzoo Song



Part IV: Transnational Mobility from a Historical Perspective



9. Korean Immigration to the United States, 1903-1905: A New Look at Japanese Imperialism

Wayne Patterson



10. Korean Activists in Tokyo, The Asia Kunglun, and Asian Solidarity in the early 1920s

Dolf-Alexander Neuhaus



11. Between Personal Choice and Social Exclusion: Diaspora Identities of Korean Marriage Migrants of the Korean War Period in the Philippines

Minjung Kim



Afterword: Transnationalism Studies and its Challenges: The View from Asia

Brenda S.A. Yeoh

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NLS9781498593342
9781498593342
1498593348
Transnational Mobility and Identity in and out of Korea by Yonson Ahn
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Lexington Books
2022-05-15
236
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