Choong Soon Kim

Voices of Foreign Brides

The Roots and Development of Multiculturalism in Korea

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents the voices of foreign brides from 123 countries who married Korean men in response to a critical shortage of marriageable women in rural Korea since the early 1990s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780759120358
• ISBN-10: 0759120358
• Artikelnr.: 33872526

Autorenporträt

Choong Soon Kim is president of the Cyber University of Korea and professor emeritus of the University of Tennessee. He is the author of a number of books, including One Anthropologist, Two Worlds: Three Decades of Reflexive Fieldwork in North America and Asia (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Koreans as Descendants of
Immigrants Chapter 2. The Epic Journey of an Archaeologist in Search of His
Ancestress Chapter 3. The Emergence of the "Pure-blood" Myth and Human
Rights Chapter 4. Tales of Foreign Brides Who Married via International
Marriage Brokers Chapter 5. Stories of Foreign Brides Who Were Married by a
Religious Organization Chapter 6. Foreign Brides Who Fell in Love with
Korean Men Chapter 7. The Characteristics of Korean Multiculturalism and
Its Outlook for the Future Notes Bibliography Index