Imperial Citizens - Koreans and Race From Seoul to La

Zusatztext "Nadia Kim writes cogently and compellingly about Korean and Korean American attitudes! beliefs! and concerns about race! gender! and much more. In providing a transnational and historical perspective! Imperial Citizens is a model of enlightened and engaged scholarship." Informationen zum Autor Nadia Y. Kim is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Loyola Marymount University. Klappentext Examines how immigrants acquire American ideas about race, both pre- and post-migration, in light of U.S. military presence and U.S. cultural dominance over their home country, drawing on interviews and ethnographic observations of Koreans in Seoul and Los Angeles. Zusammenfassung Examines how immigrants acquire American ideas about race, both pre- and post-migration, in light of U.S. military presence and U.S. cultural dominance over their home country, drawing on interviews and ethnographic observations of Koreans in Seoul and Los Angeles.

Product details

• Authors: Nadia Kim, Nadia Y Kim, Nadia Y. Kim
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.06.2008
• EAN: 9780804758871
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5887-1
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ethnic Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies