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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Koreatown"”.
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Visuality and the transnational urban space: Koreatown, Los Angeles
… photography, and archival research) of Koreatown in Los Angeles, I examine how visuality and countervisuality influence the transnational urban space of Koreatown, Los Angeles. Based on Nicholas Mirzoeff’s (2011) concepts of visuality and countervisuality, and by incorporating …
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Networked enclaves of Los Angeles : infrastructural strategies for the immigrant enclaves of Koreatown
… degrees of legality. Officially, Los Angeles' Koreatown has a population of 115,000 people, according the 2010 U.S. Census, in its 2.7 square miles, but its size, population, and influence, much like Los Angeles itself, is amorphous and fluid. Despite official boundaries, however, enclaves of …
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Branding Korea or Marketing Ethnicity?: Manhattan’s Koreatown as a Transclave in the Global Economy
<p>Over the past decade, Koreatown in Midtown Manhattan has drawn both Koreans and non-Koreans seeking everything Korean, from day spas to nightlife; Koreatown attracts locals and tourists alike, who see the area as an exotic place to consume authentic, yet modern, Korean culture. This dissertation …
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Between the Devil and the Deep Sea: The Korean American War for Independence (1910-1945)
<p>From 1910 to 1945, while the Korean peninsula was a protectorate- and eventual colony- of the Empire of Japan, Koreans in the United States began an arduous process to maintain their sense of identity in a new land, and struggled to have a voice in a society that rejected their race. As a people …