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On the move for love : migrant entertainers and the U.S. military in South Korea, Sealing Cheng
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- Summary
- "Since the Korean War, gijichon - U.S. military camp towns - have been fixtures in South Korea. The most popular entertainment venues in gijichon are clubs, attracting military clientele with duty-free alcohol, music, shows, and women entertainers. In the 1990s, South Korea's rapid economic advancement, combined with the stigma and low pay attached to this work, led to a shortage of Korean women willing to serve American soldiers. Club owners brought in cheap labor, predominantly from the Philippines and ex-Soviet states, to fill the vacancies left by Korean women. The increasing presence of foreign workers has precipitated new conversations about modernity, nationalism, ethnicity, and human rights in South Korea. International NGOs, feminists, and media reports have identified women migrant entertainers as "victims of sex trafficking," insisting that their plight is one of forced prostitution." "Are women who travel to work in such clubs victims of trafficking, sex slaves, or simply migrant women? How do these women understand their own experiences? Is anti-trafficking activism helpful in protecting them? In On the Move for Love, Sealing Cheng attempts to answer these questions by following the lives of migrant Filipina entertainers working in various gijichon clubs. Focusing on their aspirations for love and a better future, Cheng's ethnography illuminates the complex relationships these women form with their employers, customer-boyfriends, and families. She offers an insightful critique of anti-trafficking discourses, pointing to the inadequacy of recognizing women only as victims and ignoring their agency and aspirations, Cheng analyzes the women's experience in South Korea in relation to their subsequent journeys to other countries, providing a diachronic look at the way migrant issues of work, sex, and love fit within the larger context of transnationalism, identity, and global hierarchies of inequality."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 291 pages
- Contents
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- Sexing the globe
- "Foreign" and "fallen" in South Korea
- Women who hope
- The club regime and club-girl power
- Love "between my heart and my head"
- At home in exile
- "Giving value to the voices"
- Hop, leap, and swerve--or hope in motion
- Isbn
- 9780812242171
- Label
- On the move for love : migrant entertainers and the U.S. military in South Korea
- Title
- On the move for love
- Title remainder
- migrant entertainers and the U.S. military in South Korea
- Statement of responsibility
- Sealing Cheng
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Since the Korean War, gijichon - U.S. military camp towns - have been fixtures in South Korea. The most popular entertainment venues in gijichon are clubs, attracting military clientele with duty-free alcohol, music, shows, and women entertainers. In the 1990s, South Korea's rapid economic advancement, combined with the stigma and low pay attached to this work, led to a shortage of Korean women willing to serve American soldiers. Club owners brought in cheap labor, predominantly from the Philippines and ex-Soviet states, to fill the vacancies left by Korean women. The increasing presence of foreign workers has precipitated new conversations about modernity, nationalism, ethnicity, and human rights in South Korea. International NGOs, feminists, and media reports have identified women migrant entertainers as "victims of sex trafficking," insisting that their plight is one of forced prostitution." "Are women who travel to work in such clubs victims of trafficking, sex slaves, or simply migrant women? How do these women understand their own experiences? Is anti-trafficking activism helpful in protecting them? In On the Move for Love, Sealing Cheng attempts to answer these questions by following the lives of migrant Filipina entertainers working in various gijichon clubs. Focusing on their aspirations for love and a better future, Cheng's ethnography illuminates the complex relationships these women form with their employers, customer-boyfriends, and families. She offers an insightful critique of anti-trafficking discourses, pointing to the inadequacy of recognizing women only as victims and ignoring their agency and aspirations, Cheng analyzes the women's experience in South Korea in relation to their subsequent journeys to other countries, providing a diachronic look at the way migrant issues of work, sex, and love fit within the larger context of transnationalism, identity, and global hierarchies of inequality."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cheng, Sealing
- Dewey number
- 306.74/208995705195
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HQ248.A5
- LC item number
- C54 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Pennsylvania studies in human rights
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Prostitution
- Women
- Women foreign workers
- Military bases, American
- Foreign workers, Filipino
- Label
- On the move for love : migrant entertainers and the U.S. military in South Korea, Sealing Cheng
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Sexing the globe -- "Foreign" and "fallen" in South Korea -- Women who hope -- The club regime and club-girl power -- Love "between my heart and my head" -- At home in exile -- "Giving value to the voices" -- Hop, leap, and swerve--or hope in motion
- Control code
- 436221134
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 291 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812242171
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009033290
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)436221134
- Label
- On the move for love : migrant entertainers and the U.S. military in South Korea, Sealing Cheng
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Sexing the globe -- "Foreign" and "fallen" in South Korea -- Women who hope -- The club regime and club-girl power -- Love "between my heart and my head" -- At home in exile -- "Giving value to the voices" -- Hop, leap, and swerve--or hope in motion
- Control code
- 436221134
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 291 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812242171
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009033290
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)436221134
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