Transnational migration and gender capital
South Korean women’s guesthouse business in the Philippines
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11147153 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dohye Kim (0000-0002-7855-4324, Duksung Women’s University, Seoul, The Republic of Korea, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 513-529 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian and Pacific migration journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0117-1968 • E-ISSN: 2057-049X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/01171968251378600 |
| OpenAlex | W4414267383 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
This study explores the lives of the South Korean women crossing the Philippine border with their husbands to elaborate the ways in which women’s gender capital shapes both opportunity and obstacle in the transnational context. Based on an ethnographic fieldwork, this research revealed that South Korean wives became breadwinners by turning some of the rooms in their homes into guestrooms to accommodate teenage South Korean English learners. Drawing on the concept of gender capital, this article elaborates how migrant women utilize motherly disposition as cultural capital for financial stability yet at the same time how such business devastates their selfhood
Border crossing · Capital (architecture · Cultural capital · Domestic work · Ethnography · Human capital · Obstacle · Transnationalism · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
South Korea's Education Exodus
The promise of English
Geographical Imagination and Intra-Asian Hierarchy between Filipinos and South Korean Retirees in the Philippines
Feminisation of Migration and the Social Dimensions of Development
Transnational communication practices of unaccompanied young Korean students in the United States
Educational Manager Mothers
The Melodrama of Mobility
Short-Term ‘Intensive Mothering’ on a Budget
Thinking Feminism with and against Bourdieu
Gendering Bourdieu's Concepts of Capitals? Emotional Capital, Women and Social Class
Remaking the Myth of the 'Trade Warrior
Cracking IT
Reworking Bourdieu's 'Capital
Does genderfit? Bourdieu, feminism, and conceptions of social order
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |