Title Between foreign and family : return migration and identity construction among Korean Americans and Korean Chinese / Helene K. Lee

Published New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 180 pages) Series Asian American Studies Today Asian American studies today. Contents Premigration condition -- Return migrants in the South Korean immigration system and labor market -- Of "Kings" and "Lepers" : the gendered logics of Koreanness in the social lives of Korean Americans -- "Aren't we all the people of Joseon?" : claiming ethnic inclusion through history and culture -- The logics of cosmopolitan Koreanness and global citizenship -- Conclusion : finding family among foreigners Summary This book explores the impact of inconsistent rules of ethnic inclusion and exclusion on the economic and social lives of Korean Americans and Korean Chinese living in Seoul. Lee highlights the ""logics of transnationalism"" that shape the relationships between these return migrants and their employers, co-workers, friends, family, and the South Korean state Analysis Chinese Korean American Korean Chinese Korean Seoul South Korea ancestry citizen citizenship diaspora ethnicity foreign identity migrate migration national identity nationalism nationality Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 05, 2018) Subject Return migration -- Korea (South) Koreans -- Ethnic identity Korean Americans -- Ethnic identity Koreans -- China -- Ethnic identity SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration. Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects Korean Americans -- Ethnic identity Koreans -- Ethnic identity Return migration SUBJECT Korea (South) -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects Subject China Korea (South) Form Electronic book LC no. 2018001069 ISBN 9780813586151 0813586151 9780813586168 081358616X

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