Redefining Multicultural Families in South Korea: Reflections and Future Directions (Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Local Contexts)

By: Ilju Kim and Julie S Kim and YoonKyung Kwak and Hyun Mee Kim and Yu Seon Yu and Sohoon Yi and Nora-Hui-Jung Kim and Hsin-Chieh Chang and Minjung Kim and Harris Hyun-soo Kim and Lindsey Wilkinson and Wonjeong Jeong and Sojung Lim

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Synopsis: Redefining Multicultural Families in South Korea provides an in-depth look at the lives of families in Korea that include immigrants. Ten original chapters in this volume, written by scholars in multiple social science disciplines and covering different methodological approaches, aim to reinvigorate contemporary discussions about these multicultural families. Specially, the volume expands the scope of “multicultural families” by examining the diverse configurations of families with immigrants who crossed the Korean border during and after the 1990s, such as the families of undocumented migrant workers, divorced marriage immigrants, and the families of Korean women with Muslim immigrant husbands. Second, instead of looking at immigrants as newcomers, the volume takes a discursive turn, viewing them as settlers or first-generation immigrants in Korea whose post-migration lives have evolved and whose membership in Korean society has matured, by examining immigrants’ identities, need for political representation, their fights through the court system, and the aspirations of second-generation immigrants.