Transnational Return Migration of 1.5 Generation Korean New Zealanders - A Quest for Home

Informationen zum Autor By Jane Yeonjae Lee Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: BeginningsIntroduction: Entering the Field1. Studying the 'Everyday' through a Transnational Ethnography2. A Transnational Approach to Return MigrationPart II: Return, Home, and Development3. Korea and its Diaspora4. Why a Return 'Home'?5. Returnees in the Workforce and Knowledge TransferPart III: Return, Home, and Growth6. Constructing Identities: Challenge, Negotiation, and Growth7. Performing Identities: Re-creating 'Home' in KoreaConclusion: Ongoing Quest for 'Home'

Product details

• Authors: Jane Yeonjae Lee
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781498575812
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7581-2
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Korean Communities across the World; Korean Communities Across the; Korean Communities across the World
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, New Zealand, New Zealand / Aotearoa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General