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A companion to Korean American studies

edited by Rachael Miyung Joo, Shelley Sang-Hee Lee

（Brill's companions to the Americas: history, societies, environments and cultures, v. 1）

Brill, c2018

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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A Companion to Korean American Studies presents interdisciplinary works from a number of authors who have contributed to the field of Korean American Studies. This collection ranges from chapters detailing the histories of Korean migration to the United States to contemporary flows of popular culture between South Korea and the United States. The authors present on Korean American history, gender relations, cultural formations, social relations, and politics. Contributors are: Sohyun An, Chinbo Chong, Angie Y. Chung, Rhoanne Esteban, Sue-Je Lee Gage, Hahrie Han, Jane Hong, Michael Hurt, Rachael Miyung Joo, Jane Junn, Miliann Kang, Ann H. Kim, Anthony Yooshin Kim, Eleana Kim, Jinwon Kim, Ju Yon Kim, Kevin Y. Kim, Nadia Y. Kim, Soo Mee Kim, Robert Ji-Song Ku, EunSook Lee, Se Hwa Lee, S. Heijin Lee, Shelley Sang-Hee Lee, John Lie, Pei-te Lien, Kimberly McKee, Pyong Gap Min, Arissa H. Oh, Edward J.W. Park, Jerry Z. Park, Josephine Nock-Hee Park, Margaret Rhee and Kenneth Vaughan.

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction Rachael Miyung Joo and Shelley Lee Part 1: Histories of Migration and the Rise of Korean America 1 The Origins and Construction of Korean America: Immigration before 1965 Jane Hong 2 After the Watershed: Korean Migration since 1965 Shelley Sang-Hee Lee 3 Empire, War, Globalization, and Korean America in Global and Transnational Perspectives Kevin Y. Kim 4 Adoption in Korean America Arissa H. Oh Part 2: Cultural Production 5 Korean American Literature Josephine Nock-Hee Park 6 "Is that Kimchi in My Taco?" A Vision of Korean American Food in One Bite Robert Ji-Song Ku 7 Korean American Theater and Performing Arts: Networks of Practice and Bodies of Work Ju Yon Kim 8 Music and Korean America John Lie 9 Sports in Korean America Rachael Miyung Joo 10 Hallyu and Korean America: Transnational Connections through Cultural Consumption in New York City Jinwon Kim Part 3: Korean American Racial and Ethnic Formation 11 The Changing Dynamics of Race, Class and Gender Relations in Contemporary Korean Immigrant Families Angie Y. Chung 12 Race-ing the Korean American Experience Nadia Y. Kim 13 In Search of Mixed Korean America Sue-Je Lee Gage 14 Korean Ethnicity and Asian American Panethnicity Ann H. Kim 15 Transmitting the Monumental Style: Hangukinnon, "Diasporicity," and the Osmotic Flow of Transnational Korean American Identity Michael Hurt 16 Sacred Ethnic Boundaries: Korean American Religions Jerry Z. Park and Kenneth Vaughan 17 A Review of Korean American Education Studies: Disrupting a Single Story of Model Minority Success Sohyun An Part 4: Gender, Sexuality, and Kinship 18 Gender, Migration, and Mobility in Korean American Communities: A Case Study of the Nail Salon Industry Miliann Kang 19 Gender, Beauty, and Plastic Surgery: Towards a Transpacific Korean/American Studies S. Heijin Lee 20 Closer or Estranged: Transnational Spousal Relationships between Korean Wild Geese Parents Se Hwa Lee 21 Toward Queer Korean American Horizons: Diaspora, History, and Belonging Anthony Yooshin Kim and Margaret Rhee 22 Korean American Women Negotiating Confucianism, Christianity, and Immigration in Free Food for Millionaires Kimberly McKee Part 5: Politics and Activism 23 Korean Americans and Electoral Politics Pei-te Lien and Rhoanne Esteban 24 Engaging Korean Americans in Civic Activism EunSook Lee and Hahrie Han 25 Korean Produce Retailers in New York: Their Conflicts with White Distributors and Use of Ethnic Collective Actions Pyong Gap Min 26 A Wedge between Black and White: Korean Americans and Minority Race Relations in Twenty-First-Century America Chinbo Chong and Jane Yunhee Junn 27 Koreatown as Political Capital Soo Mee Kim Index

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