Jane Yeonjae Lee

Transnational Return Migration of 1.5 Generation Korean New Zealanders

A Quest for Home

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the experiences of Korean New Zealanders who have returned to Korea from a transnational perspective. The author highlights the conflicting experiences that the returnees face as "cultural outsiders" as well as the ability they gain to embrace their hybrid identities.

Produktdetails

• Korean Communities across the World
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 459g
• ISBN-13: 9781498575812
• ISBN-10: 1498575811
• Artikelnr.: 51800905

Autorenporträt

By Jane Yeonjae Lee

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Beginnings Introduction: Entering the Field 1. Studying the 'Everyday' through a Transnational Ethnography 2. A Transnational Approach to Return Migration Part II: Return
Home
and Development 3. Korea and its Diaspora 4. Why a Return 'Home'? 5. Returnees in the Workforce and Knowledge Transfer Part III: Return
Home
and Growth 6. Constructing Identities: Challenge
Negotiation
and Growth 7. Performing Identities: Re-creating 'Home' in Korea Conclusion: Ongoing Quest for 'Home'