Korean diaspora and media in Australia : in search of identities / Gil-Soo Han.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Han, Gil Soo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Koreans--Australia.

Koreans.

Immigrants--Australia--Koreans.

Immigrants.

Australia.

Physical Description:

xiii, 206 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2012]

Summary:

This book illuminates the ways in which Korean immigrants in Australia express their identities through autobiographies, novels, church websites, and popular weekly magazines. Han's in-depth analysis is informed by the concepts of reflexivity and internal conversation from a tradition of critical realism.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction

2.Theoretical perspectives

3."Beyond the Australian dream": a business migrant's reconstruction of identities

4.Reflexivity and identities in the materialistic Korean Church as depicted in foolish Jesus

5.Mediation of religion and ethnicity through the internet: Korean Church websites in Melbourne

6.Imagining and moving towards a cross-cultural congregation: an institutional effort to help Individuals construct identities

7.Fantasy, aspirations and satisfaction: identities of young Korean sojourners as portrayed in the Melbourne sky.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

076185455X

9780761854555

OCLC:

795137804