"seoul-America" on America's "soul": South Koreans and Korean immigrants navigate global white racial ideology

Critical Sociology

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 381-402

  Kim, Nadia Y ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counter hegemonic nationalism; Global racism; Hegemony; Racial ideology; Racial state; Transnational

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750174171     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156916306777835231     Document Type: Article

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