1st Edition

Chicago Korean-Americans Identity and Politics in a Transnational Community

    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    Based on a Chicago Korean-American case, this dissertation examines the transformation of identity and politics in a transnational immigrant community in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

    1. Introduction  2. Korean-Americans in Chicago - History and Diversity  3. Community Leadership and Power Relations  4. Inter-Ethnic/Inter-racial Relations  5. Between Worlds  6. The Los Angeles "Riots"  7. Changing Intergroup Relations and Community Power Relations  8. Conclusion

    Biography

    Jung-Sun Park is Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Asian Pacific Studies Program, California State University at Dominguez Hills, Carson, California