Borderland Dreams
The Transnational Lives of Korean Chinese Workers
Seiten
2023
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4780-2533-7 (ISBN)
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4780-2533-7 (ISBN)
June Hee Kwon documents the diverse aspirations of Korean Chinese migrant workers moving from China to South Korea.
In Borderland Dreams June Hee Kwon explores the trajectory of the “Korean dream” that has fueled the massive migration of Korean Chinese workers from the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in northeast China to South Korea since the early 1990s. Charting the interplay of bodies, money, and time, the ethnography reveals how these migrant workers, in the course of pursuing their borderland dreams, are transformed into a transnational ethnicized class. Kwon analyzes the persistent desire of Korean Chinese to “leave to live better” at the intersection between the neoliberalizing regimes of post-socialist China and post–Cold War South Korea. Scrutinizing the tensions and affinities among the Korean Chinese, North and South Koreans, and Han Chinese whose lives intertwine in the borderland, Kwon captures the diverse and multifaceted aspirations of Korean Chinese workers caught between the ascendant Chinese dream and the waning Korean dream.
In Borderland Dreams June Hee Kwon explores the trajectory of the “Korean dream” that has fueled the massive migration of Korean Chinese workers from the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in northeast China to South Korea since the early 1990s. Charting the interplay of bodies, money, and time, the ethnography reveals how these migrant workers, in the course of pursuing their borderland dreams, are transformed into a transnational ethnicized class. Kwon analyzes the persistent desire of Korean Chinese to “leave to live better” at the intersection between the neoliberalizing regimes of post-socialist China and post–Cold War South Korea. Scrutinizing the tensions and affinities among the Korean Chinese, North and South Koreans, and Han Chinese whose lives intertwine in the borderland, Kwon captures the diverse and multifaceted aspirations of Korean Chinese workers caught between the ascendant Chinese dream and the waning Korean dream.
June Hee Kwon is Associate Professor of Asian Studies at California State University, Sacramento.
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Winds of Migration 1
Part I: The Rising Korean Dream
1. Ethnic Borderland 29
2. The Un/Welcoming Homeland 52
Part II: Dreams in Flux
3. Rhythms of “Free” Movement 77
4. The Work of Waiting 100
Part III: Dreaming Anew
5. The Leaving and the Living 123
6. Break the Cycle! 150
Conclusion. The Afterlife of the Korean Dream 177
Notes 187
References 213
Index 231
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.10.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 30 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | North Carolina |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 363 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4780-2533-6 / 1478025336 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4780-2533-7 / 9781478025337 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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