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Koreatowns

Exploring the Economics, Politics, and Identities of Korean Spatial Fo

ISBN-13: 9781498584524
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
Edited by Jinwon Kim, Edited by Soo Mee Kim, Edited by Stephen Cho Suh, Contributions by Carolyn Areum Choi, Contributions by Yuri W. Doolan, Contributions by Cassandra Gutierrez, Contributions by Jinwon Kim, Contributions by Minjeong Kim, Contributions by Soo Mee Kim, Contributions by Stephen Cho Suh
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Local release date: 14/08/2020
Format: Hardback 228 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Ethnic studies [JFSL]

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Google Preview: This collection defines Koreatowns as spatial configurations that concentrate elements of "Korea" demographically, economically, politically, and culturally. The contributors provide exploratory accounts and critical evaluations of Koreatowns in different countries throughout the world. Ranging from familiar settings such as Los Angeles and New York City, to more unfamiliar locales such as Singapore, Beijing, Mexico, U.S.-Mexico borderlands, and the American Midwest, this collection not only examines the social characteristics and contours of these spaces, but also the types of discourses and symbols that they exude.; Part I: Koreatowns as Economic Formations Chapter One: The Emergence of a Transborder Koreatown in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region Minjeong Kim Chapter Two: A Tale of Two Enclaves: Divergent Trajectories among South Korean Educational Migrants in Los Angeles' Koreatown Carolyn Choi Chapter Three: Transnational Entrepreneurship in Manhattan's Koreatown Jinwon Kim Part II: Politics of Koreatowns Chapter Four: The Split Enclave: Transnationalism and Co-ethnic Conflict in Beijing's Koreatown Sharon J. Yoon Chapter Five: Another Koreatown: Korean Military Brides and Their Forgotten Communities Yuri W. Doolan Chapter Six: Being Seen and Not Heard: Impact of Redistricting on Koreatown Soo Mee Kim Part III: Koreatowns and Culture Chapter Seven: The Emergence of Koreatown in Singapore and a Global Community of K-culture Fans Hyo Kyung Woo Chapter Eight: The Reterritorialization of Mexico City's Koreatown, "Little Seoul," through the Overseas Popularity of Hallyu Cassandra Gutierrez Chapter Nine: Reframing the "Riots": Locating Koreatown in Contemporary Korean American Retellings of the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising Stephen Cho Suh; Google Preview content