Belonging in a House Divided: The Violence of the North Korean Resettlement Process

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Joowon Park

Belonging in a House Divided

The Violence of the North Korean Resettlement Process

Joowon Park

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English

University of California Press
04 April 2023

Asian history; Anthropology; Social & cultural anthropology

Belonging in a House Divided chronicles the everyday lives of resettled North Korean refugees in South Korea and their experiences of violence, postwar citizenship, and ethnic boundary making. Through extensive ethnographic research, Joowon Park documents the emergence of cultural differences and tensions between Koreans from the North and South, as well as new transnational kinship practices that connect family members across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. As a South Korean citizen raised outside the peninsula and later drafted into the military, Park weaves in autoethnographic accounts of his own experience in the army to provide an empathetic and vivid analysis of the multiple overlapping layers of violence that shape the embodied experiences of belonging. He asks readers to consider why North Korean resettlement in South Korea is a difficult process, despite a shared goal of reunification and the absence of a language barrier. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in anthropology, migration, and the politics of humanitarianism.

By: Joowon Park
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780520384248
ISBN 10: 0520384245
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 04 April 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joowon Park is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Skidmore College.

Reviews for Belonging in a House Divided: The Violence of the North Korean Resettlement Process

"""A horrific yet compassionate story."" * Ethnic and Racial Studies * ""Park’s book is highly recommended as a critical antidote to the often generic and diluted representations of North Koreans. . .This book is worthwhile reading for any observer and student of (North) Korean studies, citizenship and migration, gender studies, cultural anthropology, human rights, and politics."" * Asian Journal of Social Science * ""Belonging in a House Divided offers a novel perspective. . . it invites readers to critically examine the interplay between violence, displacement, and the pursuit of belonging, thereby expanding our comprehension of the intricate realities surrounding migratory processes."" * International Migration Review *"