Korean Diaspora across the World

Eun-Jeong Han is assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Salisbury University. Min Wha Han is adjunct professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Angelo State University. JongHwa Lee is assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Mass Media at Angelo State University.

Preface



Acknowledgments



Chapter One: Looking at Koreans’ Global Migration Path through the Lenses of Family History



Eun-Jeong Han



Part I: Homeland in Personal Experiences and Memories: Identity Negotiation and Cultural Adaption among Korean Diaspora



Chapter Two: Korean Diaspora in Sakhalin – “Your Homeland Does Not Need You but We Do”



Irina Balitskaya and Jae Hyung Park



Chapter Three: Negotiating the “Homeland”: An Analysis of Narrative Identities among First-Generation Koreans in Japan



Min Wha Han



Chapter Four: Families Beyond Borders: Discourse of Homeland, Diaspora, and (Up)Rooted-Identity



JongHwa Lee



Chapter Five: Homeland in the Kitchen: The Intersection of Food and Diasporic Identity



Jaehyeon Jeong



Chapter Six: Transnational Korean Adoptees and the Discursive Burden of Establishing Individual and Family Identity



Sara Docan-Morgan



Chapter Seven: The 1.5th and 2nd Generations in Chile: Am I a Korean?



Wonjung Min



Part II: Homeland in Public Discourses: Media Use and News Coverage of Korean Diaspora



Chapter Eight: Identity Formation of the Korean Diaspora, Koryo-Saram, in Contemporary Kazakhstan: An Analysis Based upon Articles of Koryo-Ilbo



Jinhye Lee



Chapter Nine: “Trash to the Trash Cans, Koreans to the Korean Peninsula!”: Diehard Racism and the Rise of Hate Speech against Korean Residents in Japan



Soo-Hye Han



Chapter Ten: “I Am Korean American”: Constructing Diasporic Identifications on a Korean American Facebook Group and Pinterest Board



David C. Oh



Chapter Eleven: Online Community for Information, Support, and Transnational Activities: A Case of MissyUSA among Female Korean Im/migrants in the United States



EunKyung Lee



Chapter Twelve: Context Matters: The Effect of Homeland Media Use on the Generation of Social Capital among Korean Communities in the U.S.



Sohyun Choi and Claire Shinhea Lee



Chapter Thirteen: Coreano Vlogs: Diasporic Media and the Politics of Asian Representation in Latin America



Benjamin M. Han