"I Am a "Kirogi" Mother": Education Exodus and Life Transformation among Korean Transnational Women

Autor/in	Lee, Hakyoon
Titel	"I Am a "Kirogi" Mother": Education Exodus and Life Transformation among Korean Transnational Women
Quelle	In: Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 9 (2010) 4, S.250-264 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-8458
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Foreign Countries; Korean; Korean Americans; Family Structure; Self Concept; Personal Narratives; Reflection; Individual Development; Mother Attitudes; Parent Child Relationship; Educational Attainment; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Hawaii; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Ausland; Koreanisch; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Selbstkonzept; Erlebniserzählung; Individuelle Entwicklung; Mutterliebe; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Korea; Republik
Abstract	This study focuses on the recent social phenomenon of the "kirogi," which means wild goose in Korean. This word also refers to a multinational household in which the mother has moved overseas for the children's education while the father lives alone in Korea to support his family economically. I investigate the narratives of kirogi mothers in Hawai'i. My analysis attends to how kirogi status influences the mothers' different identities as women in a transnational space. How the mothers construct their stories and redefine themselves and others is tightly related to the larger discourses around them. I find that being kirogi is not only a matter of choice in life, but can also be a vehicle for a powerful life in transformation. The mothers' narratives show degrees of transformation as they recall, recount, and reflect upon their lives. (Contains 6 excerpts.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10