Korea and the Gender Construction of Female Marriage Immigrants

The purpose of this article is to explore the way gender has been constructed in relation to the recent number of international marriage immigrants in South Korea. In particular, it looks at how the construction of gender at work in this context has been used to create a place and status for these w...

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Published in:Pastoral psychology
Main Author: Kim, Karen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science Business Media B. V. [2017]
In: Pastoral psychology
IxTheo Classification:KBM Asia
NBE Anthropology
NCF Sexual ethics
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B Nationalists
B GENDER differences (Psychology)
B INTERNATIONAL marriage
B Korea (South)
B Narratives
B Multicultural marriages
B Gender
B Immigrants
B Korea
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Summary:The purpose of this article is to explore the way gender has been constructed in relation to the recent number of international marriage immigrants in South Korea. In particular, it looks at how the construction of gender at work in this context has been used to create a place and status for these women in Korean society which largely understands itself to be homogeneous. The author argues that nationalistic and patriarchal discourses have served to construct the foreign women's gender through the roles of wife, mother, and daughter-in-law in particular ways that serve the interests of Korea as a nation.
ISSN:1573-6679
Contains:Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11089-016-0730-4