Beschreibung:
In the years leading up to and directly following rapprochement with China in 1992, the South Korean government looked to ethnic Korean (Chosonjok) brides and laborers from northeastern China to restore productivity to its industries and countryside. South Korean officials and the media celebrated these overtures not only as a pragmatic solution to population problems but also as a patriotic project of reuniting ethnic Koreans after nearly fifty years of Cold War separation.
AcknowledgmentsNotes on Language and TranslationsIntroductionPart I. Migrant Brides and the Pact of Gender, Kinship, Nation1. Chosonjok Maidens and Farmer Bachelors2. Brides and Brokers under Suspicion3. Gender Logics in ConflictPart II. Migrant Workers, Counterfeit Kinship, and Split Families4. Faking Kinship5. Flexible Families, Fragile Marriages6. A Failed National Experiment?ReferencesIndex