{"product_id":"decentering-citizenship-9780804799669","title":"Decentering Citizenship","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDecentering Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating comparative portrait of three Filipina migrant groups in South Korea. The book is equally a study of domestic advocates of migrants, and of the important effect they have on migrants' well-being. Choo's groundbreaking work will enjoy a wide readership and deserves to be widely taught in undergraduate classes.\"—Nancy Abelmann, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\u003cbr\u003e\"With verve and sophistication, Choo captures the plurality of experiences of migrant women in South Korea—their multiple voices, triumphs and trials, and the numerous contradictions they face. \u003ci\u003eDecentering Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a fast-paced and engrossing ethnography and an insightful, often brilliant rumination on citizenship, kinship, and human rights.\"—Namhee Lee, University of California, Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e\"This brilliant book examines the timely topic of international migration with an innovative design of comparative research. Choo vividly demonstrates that the political membership of nationhood and the moral community of humanity are reimagined whenever we confront the question of what kinds of foreigners are 'worthy' of being included.\"—Pei-Chia Lan, National Taiwan University\u003cbr\u003e\"As South Koreans wrestle with how to incorporate the growing numbers of foreign workers, marriage migrants, and biracial children, they have had to rethink automatic assumptions about citizenship, national belonging, and Korean identity. In \u003ci\u003eDecentering Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e, Hae Yeon Choo tackles these important issues through the lens of Filipina migrants residing in South Korea. This rich ethnography is the first to provide such comparative analysis of a fast-growing immigrant population that is reshaping who South Koreans are and what South Korea is. As such, this book should be on the reading list for anyone who wants to better understand the social revolution that is sweeping South Korea today.\"—Paul Y. Chang, \u003ci\u003ePacific Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDecentering Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e could be an ideal textbook for courses on international migration and gender at the graduate and undergraduate level\"—Pyong Gap Min, \u003ci\u003eGender \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDecentering Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e is an ethnographically rich and analytically cogent book that calls for the recognition of migrants' rights through a reimagination of citizenship...This book will be of interest to those interested in migration, human rights, citizenship, and gendered nationalism. Its engaging stories and clear writing make it suitable for both undergraduate and graduate-level teaching.\"—Sealing Cheng, \u003ci\u003eAnthropological Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDecentering Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e sparks numerous directions for new research, paving the way for other researchers to expand migration studies beyond the \"imperial centers\" and critically examine how global hierarchies are mediated through daily interactions in ways that shape the citizenship-making process. In short, \u003ci\u003eDecentering Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking and beautifully written book that will attract a wide audience of scholars and students who are interested in international migration, gender inequality, social movements, and labor studies.\"—Hyeyoung Kwon, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDecentering Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to the field of critical migration studies by moving beyond the realm of law and policy to examine the spaces of daily life—what Choo calls the 'margins of citizenship'—where questions of migrant rights, entitlements, and belonging are negotiated and reimagined....As the short-term rotation migrant workforce becomes normalized across the world, Hae Yeon Choo's \u003ci\u003eDecentering Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e offers us an insightful and well-researched study on the complexities, possibilities, and potential pitfalls of collective efforts to build a polity that enables equal rights and full political membership for migrants.\"—Yen Le Espiritu, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDecentering Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e will be an invaluable resource in years to come for those wishing to explore the experience of ethnic minorities in traditionally homogenous countries, particularly in East Asia....Owing to Korea's rapidly aging population, a reliance on migrant labor appears unlikely to diminish. As the effects of Korea's demographic changes are felt more broadly across Korean society, \u003ci\u003eDecentering Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e should be regarded as a cornerstone in the studies of their evolving labor market and the changing nature of Korean citizenship.\"—Robert York, \u003ci\u003eKorean Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDecentering Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e offers insights into the formation of potential new ethno-racial-national hierarchies in South Korea, as Filipino women push the boundaries of citizenship. Overall, this book offers strong empirical insights on gender, migration, and citizenship.\"—Helene K. Lee, \u003ci\u003eInternational Migration Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDecentering Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the importance of the everyday life and moral community of the migrants as the sites of their rights-claims....Choo's analysis is a rare in-depth and comparative study of migrant activism.\"—Hyun Ok Park, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Decentering Citizenship: Perils, Promises, Possibilities\u003cbr\u003e  2. The Journey of Global Women: From the Philippines to South Korea\u003cbr\u003e  3. Duties, Desires, and Dignity: South Koreans on Migrant Encounters\u003cbr\u003e  4. Everyday Politics of Immigration Raids in the Shadow of Citizenship\u003cbr\u003e  5. The Making of Migrant Workers and Migrant Women\u003cbr\u003e  6. Workers and Working Girls: Gendering the Worker-Citizen\u003cbr\u003e  7. Between Women Victims and Mother-Citizens\u003cbr\u003e  8 (coda): Migrant Rights and Politics of Solidarity\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405631365463,"sku":"9780804799669","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804799669.jpg?v=1730493065","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/decentering-citizenship-9780804799669","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}