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JSIS A 405/ANTH 449,
Spring 2020
The Social Transformation of Modern East Asia

Week VI:
May 6th and 8th   :
Nation, Family, Gender and Migration in China and Korea


Wednesday: Gender, Kinship, and National in Korea and China

Friday: Migrant Workers, Counterfeit Kinship, and Split Families

Discussion:

  • How are kinship and national belonging linked in Korea and China?
  • How does the relationship between gender and social roles vary between Korea and China?


Reading: (summary due):

  • Freedman, Part II: Migrant Workers, Counterfeit Kinship, and Split Families.
  • Nor Hui-Jung Kim, "Flexible Yet Inflexible: Development of Dual Citizenship in South Korea. Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1 (2013): 7-28.

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 Last Updated:
3/20/2020

Contact the instructor at: sangok@u.washington.edu