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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Korean immigrants"”.
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Clothing acculturation history of Korean immigrants: 1903-1950
… the clothing acculturation process of the early Korean immigrants. On January, 1903, 101 Koreans first arrived in Hawaii, and until 1924, when the Immigration Act barred Asians' Entry to the United States, about 8,000 Koreans came to the United States, pursuing freedom and quick wealth. Like …
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Acculturation and Relational Family Values in Korean Immigrants
… acculturation measure specific to Korean-American immigrants, to replicate the results of an earlier study (Sung & Wozniak, 1999) suggesting that Korean immigrants may be characterized by two different patterns of relational family values, one traditional and one acculturated, and …
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Korean immigrants' social practice of heritage language acquisition and maintenance through technology
… and practices. This study recruited eight Korean immigrant families with different lengths of residence in Greater Vancouver, an area that has seen a steady growth in the numbers of Korean immigrants. Combining social practice theory and qualitative research, this study uses discourse …
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An investigation of older Korean immigrants' perspectives on accessing primary health care
… Vancouver has a substantial number of older Korean immigrants, yet little is known about their experience and perceptions about accessing Primary Health Care (PHC) services. This study explored issues related to PHC access by older (aged 60 years and older) Korean immigrants. This qualitative …
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From immigrants to ethnics: The life-worlds of Korean immigrants in Chicago
This study is an exploration of the way in which Koreans' move to the United States since the 1965 amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act has influenced their life, their new or modified modes of thinking, and changes in their milieu, taking the life-world experiences of Chicago's Koreans …
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Leisure patterns, constraints and socio-demographic characteristics of Korean immigrants in Western Australia
… of and constraints to leisure participation of Korean immigrants in Western Australia. The socioeconomic and demographic attributes of Korean immigrants were examined using descriptive statistical methods and their effects on leisure participation were rigorously analysed using quantitative …
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Yellow in White Suits: Race, Mobility, and Identity among Grown Children of Korean Immigrants
<p>Children of post-1965 Asian immigrants experience a different mode of social incorporation than other people of color. They achieve marked socioeconomic advancement but racism and discrimination continue to haunt them. Sociologists suggest that the group falls between whites and African …
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(RE)CONSTRUCTING ETHNIC IDENTITIES: DIGITAL MEDIA AS AN IMPORTANT PLATFORM AMONG THE CHILDREN OF KOREAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE U.S.
… (2001), the second generation children of immigrants seem to renegotiate their ethnic identities. This tendency is known in research literature as “segmented assimilation,” meaning that identity is constantly in-process and evolving in modern society. Under the influence of digital media, …
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In search of a better life: a history of Korean migration to Cape Town
… and interprets the history and meanings of Korean migration to South Africa, especially Cape Town, from 1990 to 2011. Korean immigrants in South Africa came to establish a better life. This lead to my central project question: What does a "better life" mean to Korean immigrants in South …
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Performing modern Korea in the U.S.: Korean immigrants' theatrical activities in California and Hawai'i during the first half of the twentieth century
… investigates theatrical activities by Korean immigrants in the U.S. during the first half of the twentieth century. As a result of the fact that Koreans regarded their national territory as tainted by the Japanese colonial rule (1910-1945), they developed their national identity based …
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FAMILY COHESION AND CHILD FUNCTIONING AMONG SOUTH KOREAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE US: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF KOREAN PARENT-CHILD CLOSENESS AND THE MODERATING ROLE OF ACCULTURATION
… relationships and parent-child closeness in Korean heritage families. To better understand cultural variations in family dynamics and interpersonal functioning at the family level, the present study investigated family cohesion including balanced cohesion, enmeshment, and disengagement, …
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Investigating the Risk Factors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Among Korean Immigrant Women in America
… the risk of violence against women among Asian immigrants and thus leads to an underinvestment of research and service resources for this vulnerable population (Leong & Lau, 2001; Rhee, 1997; Yick, 2007). Thus, IPV among Korean immigrants are rarely investigated. This study seeks to assess …
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Theorizing and Testing Models of Community Capacity and Acculturation
… of this research project was to explain how Korean immigrants develop acculturation attitudes toward Korean and American culture and how these attitudes are related to their experiences within their community in America. In order to achieve this goal, this project consisted of two empirical …
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(Un)making deserving citizens: Education, activism, and military service of undocumented Korean immigrant young adults
… Activism, and Military Service of Undocumented Korean Immigrant Young Adults examines how undocumented Korean immigrant young adults navigate their liminal status in the United States. Presently, there are 192,000 undocumented Korean immigrants, a group that makes up the eighth largest …
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Worlding through popular culture: Sport as a race/ethno making project in Korean America
… dissertation explores the social formation of Korean immigrants and Korean Americans in immigrant America. I attempted to articulate how sport works as a public pedagogy that specifies Asian racialization. My argument in this dissertation is straightforward: Sport is what I term a …
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Religion And Spirituality In Mental And Physical Well-Being Of Korean And White Americans
… of spirituality and religiousness can help Asian immigrants cope with the upheavals of immigration, adaptation to a new country, and other difficult personal and social transformations related to being in a new culture. Especially for Korean immigrants, churches and religious organizations act as …
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Ethnic Intimacy: Race, Law, and Citizenship in Korean America
… is an ethnographic study exploring how different Korean ethnics such as legal professionals, small business owners, and manual laborers navigate the diverse meanings of law, race, and citizenship in New York City. Particularly, I focus on the relationship between Korean legal professionals and …
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DIGITAL MEDIA AND THE KOREAN DIASPORA: A JOURNEY OF IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION
… construction process. With the example of the Korean diaspora in the United States as a case study, this dissertation focuses on the impact of digital media, first, in regard to the ways in which diasporic members communicate with others and respond to the national and social issues of the …
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