Full Description
This book examines the transformation and the dynamic reconfiguration of borders within Korea through inter/trans-disciplinary approaches.
The book offers a comprehensive synthesis for the changing geo-political, cultural, and economic dynamics among Korea's diasporas by applying the theme of "diasporas within homeland" as a theoretical lens. While diaspora remains a central theoretical perspective (often highlighting "out of home" experiences), the volume turns its gaze inward, "within homeland," to trace internal displacement, mobility, and diversity in Korea. In addition, this volume brings diverse scholarly traditions that bridge the diaspora with a wide range of theoretical lenses and methodological approaches, such as intercultural sensitivity and adaptation, acculturation, ideology critique, alienation, national memory, and postcolonialism. The book further explores the possibilities of coalition-building between/among diverse communities.
As a study of the notion of Korean identity and citizenship, this book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Korean society and culture, Asian diasporas, cultural anthropology, and ethnicity.
Contents
0.Introduction - Displacement, Mobility, and Diversity in Korea: Diaspora within Homeland. 1.Leaving "Home" in Search of the "Homeland": The Returning Movement of Korean Transnational Adoptees. 2.Chapter Two - Zainichi Koreans Migration to South Korea and Border Politics in the Post-Cold War Era. 3.South Korean attitudes towards Chosŏnjok migrants as a social response to geopolitical dynamics. 4."I can speak zero language": Discursive construction of bilingualism and Korean returnees in social media. 5.Perceptions of South Korea in North Korean refugees' poetry. 6.Between Gohyang and Joguk: Representations of Post-repatriation Identities among Returning Zainichi Koreans. 7.Exploration of the intertwined ethnic and national identity among Ko-Ryo-In in Korea. 8.Mental Health Correlates Among Married-Based Immigrant Women in South Korea. 9."My community is all around the world": The role of globalized media in forming imagination, aspiration, and transnational connectivity among marriage immigrant women in South Korea. 10.The Price of Conviction: Diversity, Inclusion, and Success as Neoliberal Fantasy in Itaewon Class. 11.Do I Belong in Ikseon-dong?: Glocalized Cosmopolitan Spaces of Belonging. 12.Battle for Survival: Multiple Diasporas and Opportunities for Change
