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Korean Kirogi Families

Placemaking, Belonging, and Mothering

Young A. Jung

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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
15 April 2024
Based on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork at Fairfax County, Virginia, and Daechi-dong, Seoul, Korea, Korean Kirogi Families explores the dynamics of emplaced transnational families through analyses of the categories of social capital, sense of place, sense of belonging, and mothering among so-called “Korean kirogi families.” A Korean kirogi (wild goose) family is a distinct kind of transnational migrant family that splits their household to educate the children in an English-speaking country temporarily. Using mixed research methods, including ethnographic fieldwork, in-depth interviews, and textual analyses of media representations and historical documents, this book examines kirogi families in a historical and transnational context. Much of the research focuses on mothers and children who live in McLean and Centreville of Fairfax School District, located in Virginia, just a few miles from Washington, DC. Young A. Jung argues that these educational transnational families construct distinct types of sense of belonging, including structural belonging, relational belonging, school district belonging, and narrative belonging. In the global migration era, when transnational migration continuously reshapes our communities, Korean Kirogi Families reveals how recent education migrants are changing the suburban landscape of America.

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Imprint:   Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm, 
ISBN:   9781666940558
ISBN 10:   1666940550
Series:   Korean Communities across the World
Pages:   190
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Young A. Jung is assistant professor of Korean at the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at George Mason University.

Reviews for Korean Kirogi Families: Placemaking, Belonging, and Mothering

"""Young A. Jung's insightful exploration of the kirogi phenomenon is not only a triumph of cultural study but also a compelling read. With her incisive interviews of kirogi mothers in northern Virginia, Jung offers an unparalleled window into the fervent educational drive of South Korean society. Her book brilliantly dissects the nation's relentless pursuit of academic excellence, capturing both the remarkable triumphs and the intense challenges that shape South Korea's unique educational landscape."" --Michael Seth, James Madison University"


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