Contested Embrace: Transborder Membership Politics in Twentieth-Century Korea

Abstract

Introduction : making, unmaking, and remaking transborder ties -- Engaging colonial subjects on the move : colonial state, migration, and diasporic nationhood -- "Who owns the nation?" : Cold-War competition over Zainichi Koreans in Japan -- Beyond "Bamboo Curtain" and "Hermit Kingdom" : Korean Chinese between two socialist fatherlands -- Reluctant embrace and struggles for inclusion : Korean Chinese "return" migration to post-Cold War South Korea -- Conclusion : ethnic nationalism, globalization, and the future of transborder membership politics.