Korean Communities across the World – serie
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Transnational Communities in the Smartphone Age
The Korean Community in the Nation’s Capital
Inbunden, 2017
1393 kr
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Transnational Communities in the Smartphone Age: The Korean Community in the Nation’s Capital examines the durable ties immigrants maintain with the home country and focuses in particular on their transnational cultural activities. In light of changing technologies, especially information and …
Medical Transnationalism
Korean Immigrants' Medical Tourism to South Korea
Inbunden, 2018
1393 kr
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Medical Transnationalism examines Korean immigrants’ distinctive healthcare behaviors, contributing factors to their medical tourism, and their experiences and evaluations of medical tourism. Analyzing survey data of 507 Korean immigrants and in-depth interviews with 120 Korean immigrants in the …
Transnational Return Migration of 1.5 Generation Korean New Zealanders
A Quest for Home
Inbunden, 2018
1353 kr
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Why do immigrants return home? Is return migration a failure or a success? How do returnees settle back into their original homeland while retaining their connections to their host society? How do returnees contribute to their homeland with their skills gained from overseas? Transnational Return …
LA Rising
Korean Relations with Blacks and Latinos after Civil Unrest
Häftad, 2021
559 kr
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In LA Rising: Korean Relations with Blacks and Latinos after Civil Unrest, Kyeyoung Park revisits the Los Angeles unrest of 1992 and the interethnic and racial tensions that emerged. She examines how structural inequality impacted relations among Koreans, African-Americans, and Latinos. Park …
Korean Wild Geese Families
Gender, Family, Social, and Legal Dynamics of Middle-Class Asian Transnational Families in North America
Av Se Hwa Lee
Inbunden, 2021
1393 kr
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Korean Wild Geese Families: Gender, Family, Social, and Legal Dynamics of Middle-Class Asian Transnational Families in North America explores the experiences of middle-class Korean transnational families, whose mothers and children migrate abroad for children’s education while fathers remain in …
Korean Wild Geese Families
Gender, Family, Social, and Legal Dynamics of Middle-Class Asian Transnational Families in North America
Av Se Hwa Lee
Häftad, 2023
474 kr
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Korean Wild Geese Families: Gender, Family, Social, and Legal Dynamics of Middle-Class Asian Transnational Families in North America explores the experiences of middle-class Korean transnational families, whose mothers and children migrate abroad for children’s education while fathers remain in …
From Sweatshop to Fashion Shop
Korean Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the Argentine Garment Industry
Av Jihye Kim
Inbunden, 2021
1211 kr
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Since their arrival in the 1960s, Korean immigrants in Argentina have been massively involved in the garment industry. Nevertheless, despite their decades-long concentration in the same sector, over time they have reshaped their motivations and business styles throughout the twists and turns of the …
Koreatowns
Exploring the Economics, Politics, and Identities of Korean Spatial Formation
Av Jinwon Kim, Soo Mee Kim m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
532 kr
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This collection defines Koreatowns as spatial configurations that concentrate elements of “Korea” demographically, economically, politically, and culturally. The contributors provide exploratory accounts and critical evaluations of Koreatowns in different countries throughout the world. Ranging …
Transnational Mobility and Identity in and out of Korea
Av Yonson Ahn
Häftad, 2022
517 kr
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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, …
Mediatized Transient Migrants
Korean Visa-Status Migrants’ Transnational Everyday Lives and Media Use
Inbunden, 2019
1211 kr
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Mediatized Transient Migrants: Korean Visa-Status Migrants’ Transnational Everyday Lives and Media Use examines the role of digital media in Korean visa-status migrants’ everyday lives in terms of their senses of home, belonging, and identity. Based on personal interviews with 40 migrants …
Korean Diaspora across the World
Homeland in History, Memory, Imagination, Media, and Reality
Av Eun-Jeong Han, Min Wha Han m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1282 kr
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This edited volume analyzes the Korean diaspora across the world and traces the meaning and the performance of homeland. The contributors explore different types of discourses among Korean diaspora across the world, such as personal/familial narratives, oral/life histories, public discourses, and …
Korean Diaspora across the World
Homeland in History, Memory, Imagination, Media, and Reality
Av Eun-Jeong Han, Min Wha Han m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
517 kr
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This edited volume analyzes the Korean diaspora across the world and traces the meaning and the performance of homeland. The contributors explore different types of discourses among Korean diaspora across the world, such as personal/familial narratives, oral/life histories, public discourses, and …
Making of a Smart City in Korea
The Quest for E-Seoul
Av Hojeong Lee, Jaehyeon Jeong m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
1353 kr
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The Making of a Smart City in Korea: The Quest for E-Seoul displays how the notion of the smart city has been interpreted and applied in Seoul—the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. The contributors show how a shift into a digital city has brought about noticeable changes in the …
Korean Nuclear Diaspora
Redress Movements of Korean Atomic-Bomb Victims in Japan
Inbunden, 2024
1424 kr
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Korean Nuclear Diaspora: Redress Movements of Korean Atomic-bomb Victims in Japan comprehensively explores the history of Korean victims of the 1945 atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Following the bombings and Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule, these Korean atomic-bomb victims …
Korean Nuclear Diaspora
Redress Movements of Korean Atomic-Bomb Victims in Japan
Häftad, 2027
414 kr
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This book traces the long struggle of Korean survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings to secure recognition and compensation.After Japan’s defeat and Korea’s liberation, the survivors of the nuclear bombings were dispersed across Japan, South Korea, and North Korea, where many remained marginalized …
Cross-border Interactions and Encounters between Germany and Korea
Av Yonson Ahn, Jihye Kim
Inbunden, 2023
1211 kr
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Cross-Border Interactions and Encounters between Germany and Korea undertakes an interdisciplinary, comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted dimensions of Korea and Germany’s relationships. Offering fresh perspectives and insights into the development and transformations of these cross-border …
Korean Kirogi Families
Placemaking, Belonging, and Mothering
Inbunden, 2024
1177 kr
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Based on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork at Fairfax County, Virginia, and Daechi-dong, Seoul, Korea, Korean Kirogi Families explores the dynamics of emplaced transnational families through analyses of the categories of social capital, sense of place, sense of belonging, and mothering among …
Migration and Racial Hierarchies in South Korea
Av Seonok Lee
Inbunden, 2027
1130 kr
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Migration and Racial Hierarchies in South Korea examines how migrants from South and Southeast Asia are racialized in South Korea, a society often imagined as ethnically and racially homogeneous.Drawing on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork in factories, neighborhoods, and a multicultural family …
Return Journeys of Koryo Saram
Tracing Roots and Routes
Av Jinhye Lee
Inbunden, 2026
1140 kr
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This book offers a critical examination of the migration and settlement of Koreans in the former Soviet region, situating the Koryo Saram within the broader context of the Korean diaspora. Tracing their complex history from Imperial Russia through the Soviet era and into the present, Jinhye Lee …
Social Work Practice, Research, Empowerment, and Education for Koreans in the United States
Av Anderson Sungmin Yoon, Suk-hee Kim m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1353 kr
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In this seminal book, the editors and authors provide both practical and scholarly guidance on social work practice, research, community engagement, and education by equipping readers with a comprehensive understanding of culturally sensitive and appropriate social work approaches for working with …
Korean Migration and Mobility in the Global South
Av Yonson Ahn, Jihye Kim
Inbunden, 2025
1211 kr
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Korean Migration and Mobility in the Global South argues that current migration studies, largely focused on South-to-North movement, overlook the complex realities of Korean migrants in regions such as Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa. The contributors challenge conventional migration …
Korean Collaboration in the Shadow of Japanese Rule
Negotiating Nationhood
Inbunden, 2026
1174 kr
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Jeong-Chul Kim excavates the complex role of Korean collaborators during Japanese colonial rule, offering a theoretical analysis of collaboration with foreign powers.Kim argues that collaboration was central to establishing a colonial order under Japanese rule in Korea, as Korean collaborators …
Korean Immigrants in Latin America
Home Away from Home
Inbunden, 2025
1211 kr
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Korean Immigrants in Latin America: Home Away from Home is a multidisciplinary volume exploring the evolution of transnational Korean communities, tracing migration experiences, processes of cultural adjustment, and the formation of new identities across varied Latin American settings.Bringing …
Korean Food Television and the Korean Nation
Inbunden, 2020
1211 kr
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This book examines the historical development of Korean food TV and its articulation of Koreanness in the era of globalization. Jaehyeon Jeong defines the evolution of Korean food TV as an outcome of the conjuncture between the television industry’s structural changes, the shift in food’s landscape …
Korean International Students and the Making of Racialized Transnational Elites
Inbunden, 2020
1211 kr
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By examining privileged and highly skilled Asian migrants, such as international students who acquire legal permanent residency in the United States, this book registers and traces these transnational figures as racialized transnational elites and illuminates the intersectionality and …
1.5 Generation Korean Diaspora
A Comparative Understanding of Identity, Culture, and Transnationalism
Av Jane Yeonjae Lee, Minjin Kim
Häftad, 2023
460 kr
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The 1.5 Generation Korean Diaspora: A Comparative Understanding of Identity, Culture, and Transnationalism provides insights into the contemporary experiences of 1.5 generation Korean immigrants around the world. By exploring Korean emigrants’ lives in host locations such as Los Angeles, Boston, …
Korean Digital Diaspora
Transnational Social Movements and Diaspora Identity
Av Hojeong Lee
Inbunden, 2020
1320 kr
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Through a critical examination of the Korean diaspora in transnational contexts as a case study, Korean Digital Diaspora: Transnational Social Movements and Diaspora Identity unmasks the process of how people of the diaspora have built social interactions and communication with others online, how …
Health Disparities in Contemporary Korean Society
Issues and Subpopulations
Av Sou Hyun Jang, Joong-Hwan Oh
Inbunden, 2020
1353 kr
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This edited volume unveils diverse issues and factors related to health disparities in contemporary Korean Society. It illustrates how economic and social changes unequally impact different subpopulations, including employees, the elderly, children, and immigrants and describes why health policy …
Newcomers and Global Migration in Contemporary South Korea
Across National Boundaries
Av Sung-Choon Park, Joong-Hwan Oh
Inbunden, 2020
1565 kr
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Newcomers and Global Migration in Contemporary South Korea: Across National Boundaries examines the intersections of race, class, gender and inequalities in global migration in contemporary South Korea. The contributors explore South Korean migration policies and study diverse migrants living and …
Understanding Korean Americans’ Mental Health
A Guide to Culturally Competent Practices, Program Developments, and Policies
Av Anderson Sungmin Yoon, Sung Seek Moon m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
1612 kr
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The Korean American community is one of the major Asian ethnic subgroups in the United States. Though considered among one of the model minority groups, excelling academically and professionally, members in this community are plagued by unaddressed mental health obstacles. In Understanding Korean …
