Choong Soon Kim

Voices of Foreign Brides

The Roots and Development of Multiculturalism in Korea

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents the voices of foreign brides from 123 countries who married Korean men in response to a critical shortage of marriageable women in rural Korea since the early 1990s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 515g
• ISBN-13: 9780759120358
• ISBN-10: 0759120358
• Artikelnr.: 33872526

Autorenporträt

Choong Soon Kim

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Koreans as Descendants of Immigrants
Chapter 2. The Epic Journey of an Archaeologist in Search of His Ancestress
Chapter 3. The Emergence of the "Pure-blood" Myth and Human Rights
Chapter 4. Tales of Foreign Brides Who Married via International Marriage
Brokers
Chapter 5. Stories of Foreign Brides Who Were Married by a Religious
Organization
Chapter 6. Foreign Brides Who Fell in Love with Korean Men
Chapter 7. The Characteristics of Korean Multiculturalism and Its Outlook
for the Future
Notes
Bibliography
Index