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Nr. 168/169 (2023) Editorial 7–23 {:en}Transnational Dynamics: The Social Activism of Korean Immigrants and Their Descendants in GermanyBasch, Schiller, and Szanton-Blanc coined the term “transnationalism,” defining it as “the process by which immigrants forge and sustain multi-stranded social relations that link together their societies of origin and settlement” (1994, 6). Recent scholarly perspectives view transnational migration as occurring within dynamic social contexts continually reshaped by those who are simultaneously rooted in more … von by Dr. Jaok Kwon und and Sang-hui Nam
Nr. 168/169 (2023) Artikel Article 24–49 {:de}Arbeitsverhalten und Widerstand in den kollektiven Erzählungen südkoreanischer Bergarbeiter in WestdeutschlandThis article examines the working behavior and resistance of South Korean miners sent to West Germany in the 1960s and 1970s as guest workers. Drawing on Alf Lüdtke’s scholarship (1989, 1993), the concept of „Eigen-Sinn“ is applied to illustrate the nature of these miners’ behavior, examining whether and in what contexts it is linked to … von by Sang-hui Nam
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Nr. 168/169 (2023) Artikel Article 50–73 {:en}Transnational Aspirations and the May 18 Spirit: The Legacy and Social Remittance of Korean Immigrants in GermanyThis paper examines the transnational impact of the May 18 Democratic Movement on Korean immigrants in Germany, focusing on concepts of “transformation,” “social remittance,” and “aspiration.” Through extensive ethnographic research, including participant observation and in-depth interviews, explored is how the spirit of May 18 has gone beyond its origins in 1980s Gwangju to influence the … von by Jin-Heon Jung
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Nr. 164/165 (2022) Artikel Article 48–69 {:en}Identity, Conflict, and Social Movement Activism in Bangladesh’s Nation-Building PoliticsIn the last half a century, the search for a Bangladeshi national identity has been driven and contested by different forces and political imageries. This paper looks at the interrelations between nation-building policies and social-movement activism. Since its independence in 1971, the country has been caught up in debates surrounding Bengali, Bangladeshi, and Muslim identities … von by Hosna J. Shewly und and Eva Gerharz
Nr. 164/165 (2022) Artikel Article 70–95 {:en}South Korea’s Partial Withdrawal from the 2015 Korea–Japan Comfort Women Agreement: Changed National Role Conceptions via Increased Social Influence (2015–2018)Why did Moon Jae-in’s South Korean government (2017–2022) show highly ambivalent foreign policy behavior around the 2015 comfort women deal with Japan, one of its most important economic and political partners in the East Asian region? This paper pays attention to the possibility of increased social influence on South Korea’s foreign policy around the period … von by Bohyun Kim
Nr. 164/165 (2022) Artikel Article 96–116 {:en}From Arabian Nights to China’s Bordeaux: Wine, Local Identity, and Ningxia’s Place within the Chinese NationNingxia, a comparatively small and underdeveloped autonomous region for China’s Muslim Hui minority in the country’s northwest, has increasingly received attention as the home of Chinese grape wine in both domestic and international media. This image of Ningxia as a home of wine is comparatively recent, and significant in several regards: first, wine fills a … von by Michael Malzer
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Nr. 158/159 (2021) Artikel Article 11–33 {:en}Of Dying Machines and Grievable Digital Lives — Framing War and Life in NieR:AutomataWar and death are common topics in popular culture. In war-themed digital games, reflections on armed conflict and its atrocities vary greatly, ranging from games that trivialize the consequences of killing and loss to ones that offer critical perspectives on the player’s actions instead. In this paper we analyze the 2017 war-themed game NieR:Automata (Platinum … von by Christina Gmeinbauer und and Sebastian Polak-Rottmann
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Nr. 158/159 (2021) Artikel Article 34–61 {:en}Opportunities and Disadvantages: The Institutional Embeddedness of North Korean Defector Entrepreneurs in South KoreaNorth Korean defectors struggle with economic and social integration into South Korean society. Facing structural disadvantages in the job market, they are mainly employed in low-wage and undignified jobs that are undesired by South Koreans. A growing proportion of defectors look to self-employment as an alternative. Literature in the research field has shown that those … von by Marianne Jung
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Nr. 156/157 (2020) Editorial 5–15 {:en}Geographies of South Asia: Empirical Research and the PandemicEmpirical research is essential for Geography as a discipline. However, due to the current pandemic, collecting data and conducting fieldwork abroad has become an impossibility. Under current circumstances projects can only be carried out with reduced scope or have been completely put on hold, while researchers and PhD candidates are struggling with a very difficult … von by Carsten Butsch, Alexander Follmann, Markus Keck und and Judith Müller
Nr. 156/157 (2020) Artikel Article 16–50 {:en}Free School Meals and the Reproduction of Inequalities: Caste and Gender in Food Production for Delhi’s Slum SchoolsThe Indian Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) – one of the largest school meal programmes in the world, currently reaching over 115 million children – was introduced in 1995 nationally with a twofold aim: enhancing school enrolment and retention as well as improving nutrition levels among poor children. According to the guidelines of the programme … von by Alva Bonaker
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Nr. 156/157 (2020) Artikel Article 51–78 {:en}Supermarket Revolution in Bangladesh? Evidence from a “blind spot” on the Research MapEven though Bangladesh entered the supermarket era nearly twenty years ago, the country has remained something of a “blind spot” on the research map of the so- called “supermarket revolution” in countries of the Global South. The present paper strives to contribute to filling this research gap by providing an explorative, empirically grounded portrayal of … von by Christine Hobelsberger
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Nr. 156/157 (2020) Artikel Article 79–101 {:en}Commercialization versus De-intensification? Markets, Livelihoods, and Agricultural Change in Northern PakistanBased on a case study in northern Pakistan, this paper investigates the complex processes of change that have reshaped local farming systems there in recent decades. In Pakistan, agricultural policies emphasize intensification and productivity growth as overarching, nationwide goals. In an empirical investigation of changing farming practices in the mountain district of Nagar, guided by … von by Michael Spies
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Nr. 156/157 (2020) Artikel Article 125–46 {:en}Learning from Japan: The Case of China’s 2009 New Rural Pension SchemeIn 2009, the Chinese government established the New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS). The NRPS was widely regarded as a significant institutional innovation, as it combined an already existing component, individual accounts, with a new one: non-contributory social pensions subsidized by the central government. This article asks how this synthesization of rather disparate components came about. … von by Tong Tian
Nr. 156/157 (2020) Rezensionen 201–203 {:de}Marius Meinhof: Shopping in China. Dispositive konsumistischer Subjektivation im Alltagsleben chinesischer StudierenderWiesbaden: Springer VS, 2018. 381 S., 49,99 EUR / E-Book 39,99 EUR Marius Meinhofs Studie „Shopping in China“, erschienen in der Reihe „Konsumsoziologie und Massenkultur“ bei Springer und zugleich Dissertationsschrift an der Universität Bielefeld, untersucht anhand von Shoppingpraktiken chinesischer Studierender die Bedeutung eben dieser Praktiken für die Entwicklung konsumistischer Subjektivitäten in China. Meinhof geht dabei … von by Anno Dederichs
Nr. 156/157 (2020) Rezensionen 204–205 {:de}Darimont, Barbara (Hg.): Wirtschaftspolitik der Volksrepublik ChinaWiesbaden: Springer Gabler, 2020. 408 S., 39,99 EUR Der Wirtschaftsboom und die Öffnung des Landes haben in China einen beispiellosen Wandel ausgelöst. Historisch gesehen gibt es in dieser Größenordnung nichts Vergleichbares. Und dennoch fragt die Herausgeberin des Buches zu Beginn: „Warum interessiert sich Deutschland so wenig für die VR China?“ (S. 2). Der Wohlstand Deutschlands … von by Sina Hardaker
Nr. 156/157 (2020) Rezensionen 206–207 {:en}Jaros, Kyle A.: China’s Urban Champions. The Politics of Spatial DevelopmentPrinceton: Princeton University Press, 2019. 360 pp., 25.92 EUR Uneven development does not just “happen”; it is actively “produced” by political, social and economic forces. In his book “China’s Urban Champions”, Kyle Jaros examines these processes by focusing on how uneven development is produced through spatial policies in PR China. Conducting an in-depth comparative analysis … von by Christina Maags
Nr. 156/157 (2020) Rezensionen 219–21 {:en}Julia Chuang: Beneath the China Boom: Labor, Citizenship, and the Making of a Rural Land MarketOakland: University of California Press, 2020. 231 pp., Paperback 23.08 EUR In this multisited ethnography, based on fieldwork conducted in various stages between 2007 and 2011, Julia Chuang follows the fate of China’s rural population as the country is shifting from economic growth through cheap migrant labor to growth through rural urbanization. To explain this … von by Isabel Heger-Laube
Nr. 154/155 (2020) Artikel Article 111–28 {:en}Doing Discourse Research in Chinese Studies: Methodological Reflections on the Basis of Studying Green Consumption and Population PolicyAs Chinese Studies and other Area Studies have become increasingly sophisticated in the methodologies they use, more in-depth discussions on researchers’ discourse- analytic practices seem desirable. This article is thus a methodological reflection, coming as part of the authors’ own ongoing research projects. It describes some of the characteristic ways in which discourse fields in … von by Björn Alpermann und and Franziska Fröhlich
Nr. 152/153 (2019) Rezensionen 159–61 {:de}Michele Bonino, Francesca Governa, Maria Paola Repellino, Angelo Sampieri (Hgg.): The City after Chinese New Towns – Spaces and Imaginaries from Contemporary Urban ChinaBasel: Birkhäuser, 2019. 240 S., 52,60 EUR, ISBN 9783035616323 Vokabeln wie “Turbo-Urbanisierung“, „atemberaubend“ oder „rasant“ beschreiben die Dynamik des chinesischen Städtebaus im zurückliegenden Vierteljahrhundert. Wie oft bei Problemfeldern, von denen ganz China betroffen ist, ist es auch bei diesem landesintern wie auch aus der Perspektive des Auslands schwierig, ein ausgewogenes Urteil zu gewinnen. Die vorliegende … von by Johannes Küchler
Nr. 148 (2018) Rezensionen 104–105 {:de}Jörg Endriss und Sonja Maaß: Chinakinder – Moderne Rebellen in einer alten WeltMeerbusch: Conbook, 2017. 432 S., 12,95 EUR „Chinakinder – Moderne Rebellen in einer alten Welt“ ist kein Buch über China aus der Außenperspektive – sondern ein Buch, in dem China spricht; zumindest 30 junge Menschen mit unterschiedlichen Hintergründen, die irgendwo in China leben. Damit hebt sich das über 400 Seiten umfassende Werk bereits von den … von by Christian Schmidkonz
Nr. 147 (2018) Editorial 5–10 {:en}Beauty in East Asia: IntroductionIn recent years, reports about the new “beauty craze” in China and South Korea have been piling up in Western newspapers and media outlets. They reveal details about the Chinese high-school graduates who get a nose job first thing after graduation, about double eyelid surgery special offers for couples on Valentine’s Day, and about Korean … von by Anett Dippner und and Eun-Jeung Lee
Nr. 147 (2018) Artikel Article 11–37 {:en}Contemporary Body Practices in South Korea: Subjection and Agency in Late ModernityIn this work, many peculiarities of the body practices sensationally advertised in South Korean media and often reported on in the West and other countries too are claimed to be largely the results of the drastic neoliberal restructuring of the whole society, which young women and men have had to undergo ever since the Asian … von by Joo-hyun Cho
Nr. 147 (2018) Artikel Article 38–63 {:en}How Much Is My Face Worth? Neoliberal Subjectification, the Beauty Economy, and the Internet Celebrity Culture in ChinaSince 2015 a new category of media star has come to public awareness and sparked controversial discussion in China: internet celebrity (Wanghong). Wanghongs build their fame and fandom mostly on their eye-catching and hyperfeminine appearance, which they present extensively on social media platforms to gain public attention and to acquire followers and fans. The stereotypical … von by Anett Dippner
Nr. 147 (2018) Artikel Article 64–91 {:en}The Beautiful Shōnen of the Deep and Moonless Night: The Boyish Aesthetic in Modern JapanMen increasingly define themselves through the management of their bodies in today’s media-driven society, and bodily ideals operate as a major point of cultural reference — influencing men’s perceptions of their own bodies, and indeed their self- identities. One of the dominant modes of ideal male beauty in contemporary Japan, as embodied by many of … von by Masafumi Monden

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