Se Hwa Lee is visiting scholar and research scientist at the University at Albany, State University of New York.

This volume by Lee addresses the migrations of mostly mothers and children from South Korean families temporarily resettling in other highly developed post-industrial societies in search of higher-quality educational opportunities for their children. For her research, Lee interviewed 64 immigrant parents in the US and Canada and some of their relatives (especially the fathers) who remained in South Korea. While the focus of this book may appear somewhat narrow, the author has attempted to tease out from her insightful and probing interviews lessons that would broadly apply to other immigrant groups and that help explain the impact of migration experiences on the well-being and durability of families in general. Accordingly, the text investigates the motivations that propel these families to travel abroad to advance their children's educational opportunities, their adaptations in host countries, difficulties and strains encountered that impact marital relationships, and how families eventually adapted upon their return to Korea, offering abundant insights into resettlement processes. Students of migration will find much value in this especially informative book. Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.

• Introduction: Korean Wild Geese Families: Backgrounds and MotivationsChapter One: Women’s Empowerment and Three Resources Chapter Two: Changing Housework Patterns Through MigrationChapter Three: Transnational Spousal RelationshipsChapter Four: Mothering and Socializing in Korean Immigrant CommunityChapter Five: Transnational Fathering and Father-Child RelationshipChapter Six: After Family ReunificationConclusion

Se Hwa Lee is visiting scholar and research scientist at the University at Albany, State University of New York.

This volume by Lee addresses the migrations of mostly mothers and children from South Korean families temporarily resettling in other highly developed post-industrial societies in search of higher-quality educational opportunities for their children. For her research, Lee interviewed 64 immigrant parents in the US and Canada and some of their relatives (especially the fathers) who remained in South Korea. While the focus of this book may appear somewhat narrow, the author has attempted to tease out from her insightful and probing interviews lessons that would broadly apply to other immigrant groups and that help explain the impact of migration experiences on the well-being and durability of families in general. Accordingly, the text investigates the motivations that propel these families to travel abroad to advance their children's educational opportunities, their adaptations in host countries, difficulties and strains encountered that impact marital relationships, and how families eventually adapted upon their return to Korea, offering abundant insights into resettlement processes. Students of migration will find much value in this especially informative book. Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.

• Introduction: Korean Wild Geese Families: Backgrounds and MotivationsChapter One: Women’s Empowerment and Three Resources Chapter Two: Changing Housework Patterns Through MigrationChapter Three: Transnational Spousal RelationshipsChapter Four: Mothering and Socializing in Korean Immigrant CommunityChapter Five: Transnational Fathering and Father-Child RelationshipChapter Six: After Family ReunificationConclusion

Se Hwa Lee is visiting scholar and research scientist at the University at Albany, State University of New York.

This volume by Lee addresses the migrations of mostly mothers and children from South Korean families temporarily resettling in other highly developed post-industrial societies in search of higher-quality educational opportunities for their children. For her research, Lee interviewed 64 immigrant parents in the US and Canada and some of their relatives (especially the fathers) who remained in South Korea. While the focus of this book may appear somewhat narrow, the author has attempted to tease out from her insightful and probing interviews lessons that would broadly apply to other immigrant groups and that help explain the impact of migration experiences on the well-being and durability of families in general. Accordingly, the text investigates the motivations that propel these families to travel abroad to advance their children's educational opportunities, their adaptations in host countries, difficulties and strains encountered that impact marital relationships, and how families eventually adapted upon their return to Korea, offering abundant insights into resettlement processes. Students of migration will find much value in this especially informative book. Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.

• Introduction: Korean Wild Geese Families: Backgrounds and MotivationsChapter One: Women’s Empowerment and Three Resources Chapter Two: Changing Housework Patterns Through MigrationChapter Three: Transnational Spousal RelationshipsChapter Four: Mothering and Socializing in Korean Immigrant CommunityChapter Five: Transnational Fathering and Father-Child RelationshipChapter Six: After Family ReunificationConclusion