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1 online resource (xxviii, 699 pages) |
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Brill's companions to the Americas: history, societies, environments and cultures ; volume 1 |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Rachael Miyung Joo and Shelley Lee; Part 1; Histories of Migration and the Rise of Korean America; Chapter 1; The Origins and Construction of Korean America: Immigration before 1965; Jane Hong; Chapter 2; After the Watershed: Korean Migration since 1965; Shelley Sang-Hee Lee; Chapter 3; Empire, War, Globalization, and Korean America in Global and Transnational Perspectives; Kevin Y. Kim; Chapter 4; Adoption in Korean America; Arissa H. Oh; Part 2; Cultural Production; Chapter 5 |
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Korean American LiteratureJosephine Nock-Hee Park; Chapter 6; "Is that Kimchi in My Taco?" A Vision of Korean American Food in One Bite; Robert Ji-Song Ku; Chapter 7; Korean American Theater and Performing Arts: Networks of Practice and Bodies of Work; Ju Yon Kim; Chapter 8; Music and Korean America; John Lie; Chapter 9; Sports in Korean America; Rachael Miyung Joo; Chapter 10; Hallyu and Korean America: Transnational Connections through Cultural Consumption in New York City; Jinwon Kim; Part 3; Korean American Racial and Ethnic Formation; Chapter 11 |
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The Changing Dynamics of Race, Class and Gender Relations in Contemporary Korean Immigrant FamiliesAngie Y. Chung; Chapter 12; Race-ing the Korean American Experience; Nadia Y. Kim; Chapter 13; In Search of Mixed Korean America; Sue-Je Lee Gage; Chapter 14; Korean Ethnicity and Asian American Panethnicity; Ann H. Kim; Chapter 15; Transmitting the Monumental Style: Hangukinron, "Diasporicity," and the Osmotic Flow of Transnational Korean American Identity; Michael Hurt; Chapter 16; Sacred Ethnic Boundaries: Korean American Religions; Jerry Z. Park and Kenneth Vaughan; Chapter 17 |
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A Review of Korean American Education Studies: Disrupting a Single Story of Model Minority SuccessSohyun An; Part 4; Gender, Sexuality, and Kinship; Chapter 18; Gender, Migration, and Mobility in Korean American Communities: A Case Study of the Nail Salon Industry; Miliann Kang; Chapter 19; Gender, Beauty, and Plastic Surgery: Towards a Transpacific Korean/American Studies; S. Heijin Lee; Chapter 20; Closer or Estranged: Transnational Spousal Relationships between Korean Wild Geese Parents; Se Hwa Lee; Chapter 21; Toward Queer Korean American Horizons: Diaspora, History, and Belonging |
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Anthony Yooshin Kim and Margaret RheeChapter 22; Korean American Women Negotiating Confucianism, Christianity, and Immigration in Free Food for Millionaires; Kimberly McKee; Part 5; Politics and Activism; Chapter 23; Korean Americans and Electoral Politics; Pei-te Lien and Rhoanne Esteban; Chapter 24; Engaging Korean Americans in Civic Activism; EunSook Lee and Hahrie Han; Chapter 25; Korean Produce Retailers in New York: Their Conflicts with White Distributors and Use of Ethnic Collective Actions; Pyong Gap Min; Chapter 26 |
| Summary |
A Companion to Korean American Studies presents interdisciplinary works from a number of authors who have contributed to the field of Korean American Studies. This collection ranges from chapters detailing the histories of Korean migration to the United States to contemporary flows of popular culture between South Korea and the United States. The authors present on Korean American history, gender relations, cultural formations, social relations, and politics. Contributors are: Sohyun An, Chinbo Chong, Angie Y. Chung, Rhoanne Esteban, Sue-Je Lee Gage, Hahrie Han, Jane Hong, Michael Hurt, Rachael Miyung Joo, Jane Junn, Miliann Kang, Ann H. Kim, Anthony Yooshin Kim, Eleana Kim, Jinwon Kim, Ju Yon Kim, Kevin Y. Kim, Nadia Y. Kim, Soo Mee Kim, Robert Ji-Song Ku, EunSook Lee, Se Hwa Lee, S. Heijin Lee, Shelley Sang-Hee Lee, John Lie, Pei-te Lien, Kimberly McKee, Pyong Gap Min, Arissa H. Oh, Edward J.W. Park, Jerry Z. Park, Josephine Nock-Hee Park, Margaret Rhee and Kenneth Vaughan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 07, 2018) |
| Subject |
Korean Americans.
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Korean Americans -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Koreans -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Korean Americans
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Koreans
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Joo, Rachael Miyung, 1975- editor.
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Lee, Shelley Sang-Hee, 1975- editor.
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| LC no. |
2018017052 |
| ISBN |
9789004335332 |
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9004335331 |
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