Korean Diaspora across the World: Homeland in History, Memory, Imagination, Media, and Reality

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This edited volume analyzes the Korean diaspora across the world and traces the meaning and the performance of homeland. The contributors explore different types of discourses among Korean diaspora across the world, such as personal/familial narratives, oral/life histories, public discourses, and media discourses. They also examine the notion of space to diasporic experiences, arguing meanings of space/place for Korean diaspora are increasingly multifaceted.

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Throughout history, Koreans have been voluntarily migrating or forced to migrate to other countries. Korean Diaspora Across the World: Homeland in History, Memory, Imagination, Media, and Reality explores the wide-ranging experiences of Korean migration, adoption, and diaspora in various situations. Unlike other anthologies on this topic, the unique collection of articles in this book comprehensively illustrates how Koreans have struggled, survived, and triumphed in various corners of the globe and how they have constructed and identified imagined communities through social media and other media consumption. -- Eung-Jun Min, Rhode Island College
Korean Diaspora across the World: Homeland in History, Memory, Imagination, Media, and Reality is an engaging and wide-ranging exploration of diaspora politics with special attention to identity, cultural adaptation, and public discourse. The book's writings on diasporic Koreans from less-studied regions like Kazakhstan to Chile, and from the angle of food, capture the cutting edge of Korean Studies, which increasingly acknowledges our Eastern European and Latin American roots and Korea's efforts at global cultural hegemony. -- Nadia Y. Kim, Loyola Marymount University
Korean Diaspora across the World provides a powerful collection of essays about migration and survival, of memory and place, and of longing for and coming home. The edited volume is an excellent academic resource for scholars interested in history, media, diaspora studies, communication studies, and Korean studies. This book calls us to reconsider how we construct our identities by exploring diverse diasporic experiences and challenging simplistic definitions of who we are and where we are from. * Asian Communication Research Journal *

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Eun-Jeong Han is associate professor in the Department of Communication at Salisbury University.



Min Wha Han is assistant professor in the Department of Communication at West Texas A&M University.



JongHwa Lee is assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Mass Media at Angelo State University.