The Identity Strategy of “Wild-Geese” Fathers: The Craft of Confucian Fathers

Transnational migration scholarship has discussed parents' economic and emotional sacrifice for their children as a justification for separation. However, the researchers have overlooked addressing how the parents' sacrifice is culturally ingrained, and fathers in the homeland construct th...

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Authors: Jung, Gowoon (Author) ; Wang, Hye Suk (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2018]
In: Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 7, Pages: 1-14
Further subjects:B Sacrifices
B wild-geese fathers
B Globalization
B transnational families
B Confucianism
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