Migrant conversions : transforming connections between Peru and South Korea / Erica Vogel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vogel, Erica, 1978- author.

Series:

Global Korea ; 3.

Global Korea ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers, Peruvian--Korea (South)--Social conditions.

Foreign workers, Peruvian.

Social conditions.

Korea (South).

Physical Description:

xiii, 168 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Peruvian migrant workers began migrating to South Korea in large numbers in the early 1990s, eventually becoming one of the largest groups of non-Asians in the country. Migrant Conversions shows how Peruvians have come to see Korea as their divine destiny. Faced with looming departures, Peruvians develop cosmopolitan plans that transform them from economic migrants into pastors, lovers, and leaders. Set against the backdrop of the 2008 world economic crisis, Vogel explores the intersections of three types of conversions--money, religious beliefs, and cosmopolitan plans--to argue that conversions are how migrants negotiate the meaning of their lives in a constantly changing Korean context. At the convergence of cosmopolitan projects spearheaded by the state, Protestant churches, and other migrants, Peruvians change the value and meaning of their migration. Yet, in attempting to make themselves at home in the world, they also create potential losses. As Peruvians help carve out social spaces, they create complex and uneven connections between Peru and Korea that challenge a global hierarchy of nations and migrants"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : constructing "the end"

Peru, South Korea, Peru...

Monetary conversion

Religious conversion

Cosmopolitan conversion

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND license. To view a copy of the license, visit. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ .

Other Format:

Online version: Vogel, Erica, 1978- Migrant conversions

ISBN:

9780520341173

0520341171

OCLC:

1120092984