Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1 South Korea and the Politics of Ethnic Nationalism 1
5. 2 Globalization and Transborder Membership Politics 19
6. 3 The Contingencies of Diasporic Membership 43
7. 4 “We Are Not Foreigners”: Korean Chinese and Their Fight for Equality 57
8. 5 “Not Korean Enough”: North Korean Defectors and Their Struggle for Identity 73
9. 6 The Transformative Impact of Marriage Migration 95
10. 7 The Paradox of Ethnic Nationalism and Transnational Militarism 123
11. 8 War, Refugees, and the Construction of National Identity 139
12. 9 The Politics of Racial Representation in the Popular Media 157
13. 10 Who Is Korean? 175
14. References 185
15. The Contributors 209
16. Index 213
17. About the Book 223