Sonia Ryang is associate professor of anthropology and international studies at the University of Iowa.

Ryang takes us deep into diasporic vulnerability through a beautifully interlaced narrative that links historical and political circumstances with the personal experiences of Korean women. Her dazzling insights force us to acknowledge the astonishing complexity of human displacement and to radically restructure our understanding of human rights, citizenship, and homeland identity.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 1. Many Ways to Be Korean—and Something Else: An Inquiry into the SelfChapter 3 2. Love and Diaspora: Romantic Autobiography of a Korean Woman in JapanChapter 4 3. A Letter from Afar: Totalitarianism, Neoliberalism, and Self-ReferenceChapter 5 4. Diaspora and the Ethic of Care: A Note on Disability, Aging, and the Vulnerability of the De-nationalizedChapter 6 5. Terra Incognita: Family Maps of Diaspora

Sonia Ryang is associate professor of anthropology and international studies at the University of Iowa.

Ryang takes us deep into diasporic vulnerability through a beautifully interlaced narrative that links historical and political circumstances with the personal experiences of Korean women. Her dazzling insights force us to acknowledge the astonishing complexity of human displacement and to radically restructure our understanding of human rights, citizenship, and homeland identity.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 1. Many Ways to Be Korean—and Something Else: An Inquiry into the SelfChapter 3 2. Love and Diaspora: Romantic Autobiography of a Korean Woman in JapanChapter 4 3. A Letter from Afar: Totalitarianism, Neoliberalism, and Self-ReferenceChapter 5 4. Diaspora and the Ethic of Care: A Note on Disability, Aging, and the Vulnerability of the De-nationalizedChapter 6 5. Terra Incognita: Family Maps of Diaspora

Sonia Ryang is associate professor of anthropology and international studies at the University of Iowa.

Ryang takes us deep into diasporic vulnerability through a beautifully interlaced narrative that links historical and political circumstances with the personal experiences of Korean women. Her dazzling insights force us to acknowledge the astonishing complexity of human displacement and to radically restructure our understanding of human rights, citizenship, and homeland identity.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 1. Many Ways to Be Korean—and Something Else: An Inquiry into the SelfChapter 3 2. Love and Diaspora: Romantic Autobiography of a Korean Woman in JapanChapter 4 3. A Letter from Afar: Totalitarianism, Neoliberalism, and Self-ReferenceChapter 5 4. Diaspora and the Ethic of Care: A Note on Disability, Aging, and the Vulnerability of the De-nationalizedChapter 6 5. Terra Incognita: Family Maps of Diaspora