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OverviewIn Borderland Dreams June Hee Kwon explores the trajectory of the ""Korean dream"" that has fueled the massive migration of Korean Chinese workers from the Korean Autonomous Prefecture of Yanbian 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 of 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: June Hee KwonPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9781478020516ISBN 10: 1478020512 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 17 November 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 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 231Reviews“Offering ethnographically rich insights into labor migration between South Korea and China from the early 1990s to the mid-2010s, June Hee Kwon tracks ethnic and kin affinities and tensions amid changing political and global economic conditions, providing nuanced descriptions and analysis of the distinct temporal-spatial experiences of the Korean Chinese migrants entangled in transnational flows of labor, money, and consumption. Borderland Dreams makes an important contribution to scholarship on translocal and transnational migration, political economy, ethnicity, and China and East Asian studies.” -- Julie Y. Chu, author of * Cosmologies of Credit: Transnational Mobility and the Politics of Destination in China * “Borderland Dreams tells a powerful, complex, and ethnographically driven story about capitalist modernity in China, ethnicity, borders and labor migration, remittance economies, and the temporalities of global capitalism. Drawing on highly original and important fieldwork, June Hee Kwon depicts the dreams, aspirations, and frustrations of her interlocutors through lively and engaging prose.” -- Eleana J. Kim, author of * Making Peace with Nature: Ecological Encounters along the Korean DMZ * Offering ethnographically rich insights into labor migration between South Korea and China from the early 1990s to the mid-2010s, June Hee Kwon tracks ethnic and kin affinities and tensions amid changing political and global economic conditions, providing nuanced descriptions and analysis of the distinct temporal-spatial experiences of the Korean Chinese migrants entangled in transnational flows of labor, money, and consumption. Borderland Dreams makes an important contribution to scholarship on translocal and transnational migration, political economy, ethnicity, and China and East Asian studies. -- Julie Y. Chu, author of * Cosmologies of Credit: Transnational Mobility and the Politics of Destination in China * “Offering ethnographically rich insights into labor migration between China and South Korea from the early 1990s to the mid-2010s, June Hee Kwon tracks ethnic and kin affinities and tensions amid changing political and global economic conditions, providing nuanced descriptions and analysis of the distinct temporal-spatial experiences of the Korean Chinese migrants entangled in transnational flows of labor, money, and consumption. Borderland Dreams makes an important contribution to scholarship on translocal and transnational migration, political economy, ethnicity, and China and East Asia.” -- Julie Y. Chu, author of * Cosmologies of Credit: Transnational Mobility and the Politics of Destination in China * “Borderland Dreams tells a powerful, complex, and ethnographically driven story about capitalist modernity in China, ethnicity, borders and labor migration, remittance economies, and the temporalities of global capitalism. Drawing on highly original and important fieldwork, June Hee Kwon depicts the dreams, aspirations, and frustrations of her interlocutors through lively and engaging prose.” -- Eleana J. Kim, author of * Making Peace with Nature: Ecological Encounters along the Korean DMZ * Author InformationJune Hee Kwon is Associate Professor of Asian Studies at California State University, Sacramento. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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