On the Move for Love : : Migrant Entertainers and the U.S. Military in South Korea /

On the Move for Love : : Migrant Entertainers and the U.S. Military in South Korea / / Sealing Cheng.

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Since the Korean War, gijichon-U.S. military camp towns-have been fixtures in South Korea. The most popular entertainment venues in gijichon are clubs, attracting military clientele with duty-free alcohol, music, shows, and women entertainers. In the 1990s, South Korea's rapid economic advancem...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Cheng, Sealing,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]
©2010
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.) :; 8 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Angel Club
  • Part I. Setting the Stage
  • 1. Sexing the Globe
  • Part II. Laborers of Love
  • Vignette I. A Gijichon Tour in 2000
  • 2. ''Foreign'' and ''Fallen'' in South Korea
  • 3. Women Who Hope
  • Part III. Transnational Women from Below
  • Vignette II. A Day in Gijichon, December 1999
  • 4. The Club Regime and Club-Girl Power
  • 5. Love ''between My Heart and My Head''
  • Part IV. Home Is Where One Is Not
  • Vignette III. Disparate Paths: The Migrant Woman and the NGO
  • 6. At Home in Exile
  • 7. ''Giving Value to the Voices''
  • 8. Hop, Leap, and Swerve-or Hope in Motion
  • Appendices
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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