Families for Mobility

Elite Korean Students Abroad and Their Parents' Reproduction of Privilege

Juyeon Park (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

226 Seiten

2025
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
9781978832664 (ISBN)

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Families for Mobility documents elite Korean transnational families, focusing on how they use elite education abroad as a tool for class reproduction. Drawing on over 100 interviews with both parents and children at elite U.S. colleges, the book explores the desires, aspirations, and expectations that shape these education-driven transnational family arrangements. By triangulating the perspectives of children, mothers, and fathers, Families for Mobility argues that gendered transnational parenting—by both mothers and fathers—plays a crucial role in the intergenerational transmission of mobility and cosmopolitan lifestyles. The analysis shows how class and gender shape both parents’ and children’s approaches to their transnational ‘family projects,’ with fathers and sons appearing more resourceful and ambitious than mothers and daughters, reflecting the gender achievement gap even among the elite. The book challenges stereotypes of Asian high achievers and ‘tiger’ parenting, providing a more nuanced understanding of who thrives in the hierarchical realms of global education and business, as well as the familial support systems behind their success.

JUYEON PARK is an assistant professor of sociology at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea.

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Introduction: Education Abroad as a Familial Strategy

1 Children Recount Public Fathering and Private Mothering

2 Who Learns to Become Cosmopolitan Better?

3 When Class Trumps Gender: Korean Parents’ Views

4 What Makes for a Perfect Transnational Mother?

5 Emerging Extensive Transnational Fatherhood

Conclusion: Classed and Gendered Transfer of Mobility

Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	11.09.2025
Reihe/Serie	Families in Focus
Zusatzinfo	3 B-W images
Verlagsort	New Brunswick NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
ISBN-13	9781978832664 / 9781978832664
Zustand	Neuware