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Through an interdisciplinary approach, this book examines the multi-layered dimensions of Germany and Korea's historical and contemporary relations and interactions as witnessed in migration flows, media representations, cultural trends, and the field of academia.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Yonson Ahn and Jihye Kim
Part I: Korean Migration in Germany
Chapter 1. Challenging "Other-ness" in Berlin: German Koreans, Multi-raciality, and Diasporic Resources by Helen Kim
Chapter 2. Mothering Practices of Korean Healthcare Workers in Germany by Yonson Ahn
Chapter 3. Korean Newcomers in Germany: The Changing Sociodemographics of Korean Immigrants by Jaok Kwon
Chapter 4. Recent Immigration and Self-Employment: Motivations and Factors in the Rise of Korean Restaurants in Frankfurt by Jihye Kim
Part II: Cultural Interactions
Chapter 5. P'ansori in Germany: Korean Singing-Storytelling, from Representation of Culture to Creative Collaboration by Jan Creutzenberg
Chapter 6. Ethnographic Collecting and Transculturally Shaped Images of Korean Culture in Germany Towards the End of the Chos¿n Dynasty by Katharina Süberkrüb
Chapter 7. Translation as Cultural Transfer between Korean and German by Yuri Ko
Part III: Representation in Media and Academia
Chapter 8. Discursive Conflicts in the Transfer of Ideas and Institutions across Borders: Narratives of the "German Model" in South Korean Media by Jin-Wook Shin and Boyeong Jeong
Chapter 9. German Diplomats' and Journalists' Perspectives on the April Revolution in South Korea by Hannes B. Mosler
Chapter 10. Initiating German Korean Studies in Context: 1930s, the GDR, and the FRG by Yvonne Schulz Zinda
Chapter 11. The History of German Language and Literature Studies in South Korea: A Female Philologist's Personal Perspective by Yonsuk Chae
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Edited by Yonson Ahn and Jihye Kim - Contributions by Yonson Ahn; Yonsuk Chae; Jan Creutzenberg; Boyeong Jeong; Helen Kim; Jihye Kim; Yuri Ko; Ja Ok Kwon; Hannes B. Mosler; Yvonne Schulz Zinda; Jin-Wook Shin and Katharina Süberkrüb
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Through an interdisciplinary approach, this book examines the multi-layered dimensions of Germany and Korea’s historical and contemporary relations and interactions as witnessed in migration flows, media representations, cultural trends, and the field of academia.
