Dae Young Kim

Transnational Communities in the Smartphone Age (eBook, PDF)

The Korean Community in the Nation's Capital

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Transnational Communities in the Smartphone Age: The Korean Community in the Nation's Capital examines the durable ties immigrants maintain with the home country and focuses in particular on their transnational cultural activities. In light of changing technologies, especially information and communication technologies (ICTs), which enable a faster, easier, and greater social and cultural engagement with the home country, this book argues that middle-class immigrants, such as Korean immigrants in the Washington-Baltimore region, sustain more regular connections with the homeland through cultural, rather than economic or political, transnational activities. Though not as conspicuous and contentious as other forms of transnational participation, cultural transnational activities may prove to be more lasting and also serve as a backbone for maintaining longer-lasting connections and identities with the home country.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216234098
• Artikelnr.: 74842070

Autorenporträt

Dae Young Kim is associate professor of sociology at George Mason University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Transnational Ties and Their Impact on the Korean Community
1. Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Korean Immigrants in
the Washington-Baltimore Area 2. Connecting with the Home Country:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Transnational
Media/Television 3. Transnational Activities of Korean Immigrants 4.
Cultural Transnational Activities: The Consumption of Transnational Media
With Young A. Jung, and Gyu Tag Lee 5. Where is Home?: Identity and
Belonging in the Digital Age 6. Compatibility of Assimilation with Ethnic
Preservation and Transnationalism Conclusion: Overview and Implications