A companion to Korean American studies / / edited by Rachael Miyung, Joo Shelley Sang-Hee Lee.

• TeilnehmendeR: Joo, Rachael Miyung, 1975-; Lee, Shelley Sang-Hee, 1975-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2018]
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Companions to the Americas 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (727 pages).
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; 1 The Origins and Construction of Korean America: Immigration before 1965 /; 2 After the Watershed: Korean Migration since 1965 /; 3 Empire, War, Globalization, and Korean America in Global and Transnational Perspectives /; 4 Adoption in Korean America /; 5 Korean American Literature /; 6 “Is that Kimchi in My Taco?” A Vision of Korean American Food in One Bite /; 7 Korean American Theater and Performing Arts: Networks of Practice and Bodies of Work /; 8 Music and Korean America /; 9 Sports in Korean America /; 10 Hallyu and Korean America: Transnational Connections through Cultural Consumption in New York City /; 11 The Changing Dynamics of Race, Class and Gender Relations in Contemporary Korean Immigrant Families /; 12 Race-ing the Korean American Experience /; 13 In Search of Mixed Korean America /; 14 Korean Ethnicity and Asian American Panethnicity /; 15 Transmitting the Monumental Style: Hangukinron, “Diasporicity,” and the Osmotic Flow of Transnational Korean American Identity /; 16 Sacred Ethnic Boundaries: Korean American Religions /; 17 A Review of Korean American Education Studies: Disrupting a Single Story of Model Minority Success /; 18 Gender, Migration, and Mobility in Korean American Communities: A Case Study of the Nail Salon Industry /; 19 Gender, Beauty, and Plastic Surgery: Towards a Transpacific Korean/American Studies /; 20 Closer or Estranged: Transnational Spousal Relationships between Korean Wild Geese Parents /; 21 Toward Queer Korean American Horizons: Diaspora, History, and Belonging /; 22 Korean American Women Negotiating Confucianism, Christianity, and Immigration in Free Food for Millionaires /; 23 Korean Americans and Electoral Politics /; 24 Engaging Korean Americans in Civic Activism /; 25 Korean Produce Retailers in New York: Their Conflicts with White Distributors and Use of Ethnic Collective Actions /; 26 A Wedge between Black and White: Korean Americans and Minority Race Relations in Twenty-First-Century America /; 27 Koreatown as Political Capital /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004335331
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Rachael Miyung, Joo Shelley Sang-Hee Lee.

A Companion to Korean American Studies presents interdisciplinary works from a number of authors who have contributed to the field of Korean American Studies. This collection ranges from chapters detailing the histories of Korean migration to the United States to contemporary flows of popular culture between South Korea and the United States. The authors present on Korean American history, gender relations, cultural formations, social relations, and politics. Contributors are: Sohyun An, Chinbo Chong, Angie Y. Chung, Rhoanne Esteban, Sue-Je Lee Gage, Hahrie Han, Jane Hong, Michael Hurt, Rachael Miyung Joo, Jane Junn, Miliann Kang, Ann H. Kim, Anthony Yooshin Kim, Eleana Kim, Jinwon Kim, Ju Yon Kim, Kevin Y. Kim, Nadia Y. Kim, Soo Mee Kim, Robert Ji-Song Ku, EunSook Lee, Se Hwa Lee, S. Heijin Lee, Shelley Sang-Hee Lee, John Lie, Pei-te Lien, Kimberly McKee, Pyong Gap Min, Arissa H. Oh, Edward J.W. Park, Jerry Z. Park, Josephine Nock-Hee Park, Margaret Rhee and Kenneth Vaughan.