LEADER 04781nam 2200853 a 450 001 9910814174003321 005 20240418024724.0 010 $a1-283-89115-8 010 $a0-8122-0692-4 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812206920 035 $a(CKB)3240000000064536 035 $a(OCoLC)794700706 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642184 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631031 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11374661 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631031 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10591809 035 $a(PQKB)10324247 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17959 035 $a(DE-B1597)449484 035 $a(OCoLC)979741194 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812206920 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441849 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642184 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420365 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441849 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000064536 100 $a20090831d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn the move for love $emigrant entertainers and the U.S. military in South Korea /$fSealing Cheng 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (298 p.) 225 0 $aPennsylvania Studies in Human Rights 225 0$aPennsylvania studies in human rights 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-2277-6 311 $a0-8122-4217-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSexing the globe -- "Foreign" and "fallen" in South Korea -- Women who hope -- The club regime and club-girl power -- Love "between my heart and my head" -- At home in exile -- "Giving value to the voices" -- Hop, leap, and swerve--or hope in motion. 330 $aSince the Korean War, gijichon-U.S. military camp towns-have been fixtures in South Korea. The most popular entertainment venues in gijichon are clubs, attracting military clientele with duty-free alcohol, music, shows, and women entertainers. In the 1990's, South Korea's rapid economic advancement, combined with the stigma and low pay attached to this work, led to a shortage of Korean women willing to serve American soldiers. Club owners brought in cheap labor, predominantly from the Philippines and ex-Soviet states, to fill the vacancies left by Korean women. The increasing presence of foreign workers has precipitated new conversations about modernity, nationalism, ethnicity, and human rights in South Korea. International NGOs, feminists, and media reports have identified women migrant entertainers as "victims of sex trafficking," insisting that their plight is one of forced prostitution. Are women who travel to work in such clubs victims of trafficking, sex slaves, or simply migrant women? How do these women understand their own experiences? Is antitrafficking activism helpful in protecting them? In On the Move for Love, Sealing Cheng attempts to answer these questions by following the lives of migrant Filipina entertainers working in various gijichon clubs. Focusing on their aspirations for love and a better future, Cheng's ethnography illuminates the complex relationships these women form with their employers, customer-boyfriends, and families. She offers an insightful critique of antitrafficking discourses, pointing to the inadequacy of recognizing women only as victims and ignoring their agency and aspirations. Cheng analyzes the women's experience in South Korea in relation to their subsequent journeys to other countries, providing a diachronic look at the way migrant issues of work, sex, and love fit within the larger context of transnationalism, identity, and global hierarchies of inequality. 410 0$aPennsylvania studies in human rights. 606 $aProstitution$zKorea (South) 606 $aWomen$zPhilippines 606 $aWomen foreign workers$zKorea (South) 606 $aMilitary bases, American$xSocial aspects$zKorea (South) 606 $aForeign workers, Philippine$zKorea (South) 610 $aAfrican Studies. 610 $aAnthropology. 610 $aAsian Studies. 610 $aFolklore. 610 $aHuman Rights. 610 $aLaw. 610 $aLinguistics. 610 $aMiddle Eastern Studies. 610 $aPublic Policy. 615 0$aProstitution 615 0$aWomen 615 0$aWomen foreign workers 615 0$aMilitary bases, American$xSocial aspects 615 0$aForeign workers, Philippine 676 $a306.74/208995705195 700 $aCheng$b Sealing$01681105 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814174003321 996 $aOn the move for love$94050306 997 $aUNINA