Transnational Return Migration of 1. 5 Generation Korean New Zealanders : A Quest for Home.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (205 pages)
- Korean Communities Across the World Series .
- Korean Communities Across the World Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: BEGINNINGS -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Studying the "Everyday" through a Transnational Ethnography -- Chapter Two: A Transnational Approach to Return Migration -- Part II: RETURN, HOME, AND DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter Three: Korea and Its Diaspora -- Chapter Four: Why a Return "Home"? -- Chapter Five: Returnees in the Workforce and Knowledge Transfer -- Part III: RETURN, HOME, AND IDENTITY -- Chapter Six: Constructing Identities: Challenge, Negotiation, and Growth -- Chapter Seven: Performing Identities: Re-creating "Home" in Korea -- Conclusion -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Appendix E -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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.
9781498575829
Korea (South)-Emigration and immigration-Social aspects.