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Transnational Return Migration of 1. 5 Generation Korean New Zealanders : A Quest for Home.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Korean Communities Across the World SeriesPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (205 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498575829
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Transnational Return Migration of 1. 5 Generation Korean New ZealandersDDC classification:
  • 304.809519
LOC classification:
  • JV8757 .L44 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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