1 online resource (x, 259 pages) color illustrations
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
History
Place:
United States
Canada
États-Unis
Pays étrangers
Korea
Corée
Date:
2021
Notes:
Elecresource
The book was purchased through the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Korean Wild Geese Families-Backgrounds and Motivations -- Data -- Organization of the Book -- Trend in Korean Wild Geese Families -- Sample Characteristics: Wild Geese Mothers, Fathers, and Children -- Motivations of Wild Geese Families -- Notes -- Chapter 1: Women's Empowerment and Three Resources -- Gender and Power in Transnational Families -- Patriarchal Gender Relations before Separation -- Spousal Separation: Turning Point for Women's Empowerment
First Resource for Women's Empowerment: Legal Statuses -- Second Resource for Women's Empowerment: Paid Employment -- Third Resource for Women's Empowerment: Additional Education -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Changing Housework Patterns through Migration -- Three Approaches to Gender Inequality in Housework -- Gendered Housework Patterns before Separation -- Changing Housework Patterns after Separation: Wild Geese Mothers -- Changing Housework Patterns after Separation: Wild Geese Fathers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Transnational Spousal Relationships
Changing Meaning of Marriage -- Wild Geese Parents' Definition of Successful Marriage -- Quality of Spousal Relationships before Separation -- Changes through Transnational Spousal Separation -- Maintenance of Emotional Intimacy -- Maintenance of Sexual Intimacy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Mothering and Socializing in Korean Immigrant Community -- Intensive Mothering and Ethnic Community -- Wild Geese Mothers' Intensive Mothering in Korea -- Challenges to Performing Intensive Mothering in Host Societies -- Korean Immigrant Networks as an Alternative Source of Support
Constraints in the Korean Immigrant Community -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Transnational Fathering and Father-Child Relationship -- Responsible, Involved, and Intimate Fathering in the Transnational Context -- Wild Geese Fathers' Decision to Remain Alone in Korea -- Transnational Family Separation as a Turning Point -- Transnational Fathering: Remittances and Gifts -- Transnational Fathering: Regular Transnational Communication and Virtual Co-Presence -- Transnational Fathering: Regular Face-to-Face Encounters -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6: After Family Reunification
Gender Paths after Reunification by Mothers' Employment and Children's Education -- Gender Paths after Reunification by Mothers' Additional Education -- Sexual Intimacy after Reunification -- Leadership and the Division of Housework after Reunification -- Children's Educational Outcomes and Re-Adaptation after Reunification -- Conclusion -- Note -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Research Design -- Recruitment of Current and Former Wild Geese Mothers -- Recruitment of Current and Former Wild Geese Fathers -- Compensations -- Data Collection: In-depth Interviews -- Data Management and Analysis -- Notes
Summary:
"Korean Wild Geese Families explores gender, family, social, and legal dynamics of Korean "wild geese" families in North America throughout transnational separation. To analyze these dynamics, Se Hwa Lee analyzes themes of women's empowerment, housework patterns, spousal relationships, intensive mothering, transnational fathering, and reunification"-- Provided by publisher
