Se Hwa Lee

Korean Wild Geese Families

Gender, Family, Social, and Legal Dynamics of Middle-Class Asian Transnational Families in North America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Korean Wild Geese Families explores gender, family, social, and legal dynamics of Korean "wild geese" families in North America throughout transnational separation. To analyze these dynamics, Se Hwa Lee analyzes themes of women's empowerment, housework patterns, spousal relationships, intensive mothering, transnational fathering, and reunification.

Produktdetails

• Korean Communities across the World
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9781498583497
• ISBN-10: 1498583490
• Artikelnr.: 67187716

Autorenporträt

Se Hwa Lee is visiting scholar and research scientist at the University at Albany, State University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Korean Wild Geese Families: Backgrounds and Motivations
Chapter One: Women's Empowerment and Three Resources
Chapter Two: Changing Housework Patterns Through Migration
Chapter Three: Transnational Spousal Relationships
Chapter Four: Mothering and Socializing in Korean Immigrant Community
Chapter Five: Transnational Fathering and Father-Child Relationship
Chapter Six: After Family Reunification
Conclusion