Making and faking kinship : marriage and labor migration between China and South Korea /

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Author / Creator:Freeman, Caren, 1968-
Imprint:Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.
Description:xiv, 263 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8552953
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ISBN:9780801449581 (alk. paper)
0801449588 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Language and Translations
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Migrant Brides and the Pact of Gender, Kinship, Nation
  • 1. Chosonjok Maidens and Farmer Bachelors
  • 2. Brides and Brokers under Suspicion
  • 3. Gender Logics in Conflict
  • Part II. Migrant Workers, Counterfeit Kinship, and Split Families
  • 4. Faking Kinship
  • 5. Flexible Families, Fragile Marriages
  • 6. A Failed National Experiment?
  • References
  • Index