A Double-edged Sword: Gender and Intersectionality of Korean American Ethnic Return Migration.
This article examines the question of (return) migration among highly-skilled, 1.5- and second-generation Korean Americans and the particular social, material and cultural capital Korean Americans may acquire in Korea. Undoubtedly, Korean Americans have occupied privileged positions in Korea especia...
| Published in: | Asian Studies Review Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 579 - 597 |
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Dec2020
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