1st Edition

Displacement, Mobility, and Diversity in Korea Diaspora Within Homeland

Edited By Min Wha Han, Eun-Jeong Han, JongHwa Lee Copyright 2025
262 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the transformation and the dynamic reconfiguration of borders within Korea through inter/trans-disciplinary approaches. The book offers a comprehensive synthesis for the changing geo-political, cultural, and economic dynamics among Korea’s diasporas by applying the theme of “diasporas within homeland” as a theoretical lens. While diaspora remains a central theoretical... Read more

Introduction - Displacement, Mobility, and Diversity in Korea: Diaspora within Homeland

Min Wha Han, Eun-Jeong Han, and JongHwa Lee

 

Chapter One – Leaving “Home” in Search of the “Homeland”: The Returning Movement of Korean Transnational Adoptees

Sina Lee

 

Chapter Two – Zainichi Koreans' Migration to South Korea and Border Politics in the Post-Cold War Era

Kyunghee Cho

 

Chapter Three – South Korean Attitudes Towards Chosŏnjok Migrants as a Social Response to Geopolitical Dynamics

HaeRan Shin

 

Chapter Four – “I Can Speak Zero Language”: Discursive Construction of Bilingualism and Korean Returnees in Social Media

Hakyoon Lee and Ye Lin Park

 

Chapter Five – Perceptions of South Korea in North Korean Refugees’ Poetry

Andrii Ryzhkov

 

Chapter Six – Between Gohyang and Joguk: Representations of Post-Repatriation Identities Among Returning Zainichi Koreans

Min Wha Han

 

Chapter Seven – Exploration of the Intertwined Ethnic and National Identity Among Ko-Ryo-In in Korea

Eun-Jeong Han

 

Chapter Eight – Mental Health Correlates Among Married-Based Immigrant Women in South Korea

Hyun-Jin Jun and Boyoung Nam

 

Chapter Nine – “My Community is All Around the World”: The Role of Globalized Media in Forming Imagination, Aspiration, and Transnational Connectivity Among Marriage Immigrant Women in South Korea

HaeLim Suh

Chapter Ten – The Price of Conviction: Diversity, Inclusion, and Success as Neoliberal Fantasy in Itaewon Class

Myoung-Sun Song

 

Chapter Eleven – Do I Belong in Ikseon-dong?: Glocalized Cosmopolitan Spaces of Belonging

Jin R. Choi

 

Chapter Twelve – Battle for Survival: Multiple Diasporas and Opportunities for Change

JongHwa Lee

Biography

Min Wha Han is Assistant Professor of Communication at West Texas A&M University.

Eun-Jeong Han is Associate Professor of Communication in the Department of Communication at Salisbury University.

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