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Funeral Rites in Contemporary Korea

The Business of Death

By: Gil-Soo Han

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Funeral Rites in Contemporary Korea

The Business of Death

By: Gil-Soo Han

This book explores 21st century Korean society on the basis of its dramatically transforming and rapidly expanding commercial funeral industry. With insights into contemporary Confucianism, shamanism and filial piety, as well as modernisation, urbanisation, the division of labour and the digitalisation of consumption, it is the first study of its kind to offer a sophisticated, integrated sociological analysis of how the commodification of death intersects with capitalism, popular culture and everyday life in contemporary Korea. Through innovative analyses of funeral advertising and journalism, screen and literary representations of funerals, online media, consumer accounts of using funeral services and other sources, it offers a complex picture of the widespread effects of economic development, urbanisation and modernisation in South Korean society over the past quarter century. In the aftermath of the Korean “economic miracle” novel ways of paying respect to deceased kin have emerged; using Max Weber's concept of “pariah capitalism”, Gil-Soo Han shows how the heightened obsession with and boom in the commodification of death in Korea reflects radical transformations in both capital and culture. Winner of Korean Education Minister’s Book Prize 2020

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9811378525

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Nouveau-riche Nationalism and Multiculturalism in Korea

A media narrative analysis

By: Gil-Soo Han

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Nouveau-riche Nationalism and Multiculturalism in Korea

A media narrative analysis

By: Gil-Soo Han

The unprecedented economic success of South Korea since the 1990s has led in turn to a large increase in the number of immigrants and foreign workers in Korean industries. This book describes and explains the experiences of discrimination and racism that foreigners and ‘new’ Koreans have faced in a multicultural South Korea. It looks at how society has treated the foreigners and what their experiences have been given that common discourse about race in Korea surrounds issues of Korean heterogeneity and pure blood nationalism. Starting with critiques of Korean scholarship and policy framework on multiculturalism, this book argues for the need to revisit the most fundamental aspect of multiculturalism: the host population’s ability to respect new comers rather than discriminate against them. The author employs a critical realist understanding of racism and attempts to identify long-lasting institutional factors which make Korean society less than welcoming ‘new’ or temporary Koreans. A large number of new reportages are identified and systematically analysed based on the principles of grounded theory method. The findings show that nouveau-riche nationalism and pure-blood nationalism are widely practised when Koreans deal with ‘foreigners’. As a newly industrialised and highly successful nation, Korean society is still in transition and treats foreigners according to economic standard of their countries of origin. As one of the very first books in English about foreigners’ experiences of Korean nationalism, multiculturalism and discrimination, it will be of great interest to students and scholars of Sociology, Ethnic studies, Asian studies, Korean studies, Media studies and Cultural studies.

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Routledge

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1317670604

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9781317670605

Health and Medicine Under Capitalism

Korean Immigrants in Australia

By: Gil Soo Han

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Health and Medicine Under Capitalism

Korean Immigrants in Australia

By: Gil Soo Han

This book investigates health status and the use of health care including biomedicine, herbal medicine, acupuncture, and health food among Koreans in Australia and their relationships with those of Koreans in their homeland. The study addresses social change in Korea and its impact on people's health and on the supply and demand for biomedicine and Korean traditional herbal medicine. It also explores social origins of Korean migration to Australia, the settlement of Koreans in Australia with reference to work involvement and immigrant life, and the relationships between work, health status, and health care use from the perspectives of the Korean immigrants as well as the providers of biomedical and Korean traditional medicine.

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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083863849X

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9780838638491

Funeral Rites in Contemporary Korea

The Business of Death

By: Gil-Soo Han

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The Business of Death

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Health and Medicine Under Capitalism

Korean Immigrants in Australia

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Korean Immigrants in Australia

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Book's by Gil Soo Han

Funeral Rites in Contemporary Korea

Funeral Rites in Contemporary Korea

Nouveau-riche Nationalism and Multiculturalism in Korea

Nouveau-riche Nationalism and Multiculturalism in Korea

Health and Medicine Under Capitalism

Health and Medicine Under Capitalism

Funeral Rites in Contemporary Korea

Funeral Rites in Contemporary Korea

Health and Medicine Under Capitalism

Health and Medicine Under Capitalism

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