Sharon J Yoon
Biographic Data
| ID | 135976 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon J Yoon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon J |
| FAMILY NAME | Yoon |
| SIGNATURE | YOON S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4003-7687 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The organizational politics of pastoral care: African migrant churches and the informal governance of migration in South Korea
Past scholarship has emphasized the pivotal role that churches have played in improving migrant welfare by providing legal aid, medical services, and advocating for labor rights in the absence of robust state support. This article challenges dominant narratives of migrant advocacy by demonstrating how faith-based care can restrict migrant agency, even while providing short-term sanctuary and support. Analyzing ethnographic data from a large Afric…
Layered Narrative Agency and the Politics of Masculine Respectability: Ghanaian Migrant Marriages in South Korea
This paper examines the lived experiences of Ghanaian migrant men, who face difficulties finding marital partners due to racial hostility, blocked overseas travel and the scarcity of co-ethnic women in South Korea. We draw on 2 years of ethnographic data collected in a large African migrant community and 30 interviews with Ghanaian migrant husbands in Korea to investigate how migrant men construct alternative narratives of masculine respectabilit…
How hegemonic masculinity injures migrant men: A multilevel analysis of African men in South Korea's low‐wage labor market
With the rapid influx of labor migration and accelerating rates of globalization, studies of hegemonic masculinity have become increasingly divided in representing the amount of agency marginalized men have access to in constructing alternative, more hybrid masculine ideals as they travel overseas. This paper offers a new methodological approach for studying hegemonic masculinity. Specifically, we analyze how multiple forces at the structural , i…
The effects of colourism on migrant adaptation in Asia: The racial exclusion of African migrants in South Korea’s “multicultural” society
While high rates of intra-Asian migration have rendered foreign migrants physically “invisible” in the past, migrants of increasingly racially diverse backgrounds have started to enter South Korea in the past decade. Through in-depth interviews with sub-Saharan African migrants, this article examines the effects of colourism on three levels of migrant adaptation: (1) host government legal policies, (2) host societal reception, and (3) resources w…
The Rise and Fall of Japan's New Far Right: How Anti-Korean Discourses Went Mainstream
Why has right-wing activism in Japan, despite its persistence throughout the postwar era, only gained significant traction recently? Focusing on the Zaitokukai, an anti-Korean movement in Japan, this article demonstrates how the new Far Right were able to popularize formerly stigmatized right-wing ideas. The Zaitokukai represents a political group distinct from the traditional right and reflective of new Far Right movements spreading worldwide. I…
The Organisational Culture of the Chaebol and Workplace Inequality: Stunted Mobilities of Korean Chinese Employees in a Beijing Subsidiary
The chaebol's organisational culture was the target of much criticism when the Asian financial crisis hit the Korean economy in 1997. Despite much research on the topic over the past two decades, there continues to be a lack of consensus on the efficacy of reforms implemented since then. While some have focused on persisting patterns of paternalism, others have highlighted the structural changes implemented. This article revisits this debate by a…
Mobilizing Ethnic Resources in the Transnational Enclave: Ethnic Solidarity as a Mechanism for Mobility in the Korean Church in Beijing
In recent years, scholars have noted that migrants exhibit distinct patterns of adaptation characterized by frequent movement to their countries of origin. Increasing numbers of migrants have settled in "new" types of enclave communities that have helped them sustain their transnational lifestyles. This article uses original survey data, interviews, and ethnographic research on the Korean transnational enclave in Beijing, comparing how South Kore…
Mobilizing Ethnic Resources in the Transnational Enclave: Ethnic Solidarity as a Mechanism for Mobility in the Korean Church in Beijing
In recent years, scholars have noted that migrants exhibit distinct patterns of adaptation characterized by frequent movement to their countries of origin. Increasing numbers of migrants have settled in "new" types of enclave communities that have helped them sustain their transnational lifestyles. This article uses original survey data, interviews, and ethnographic research on the Korean transnational enclave in Beijing, comparing how South Kore…
The Rise and Fall of Japan's New Far Right: How Anti-Korean Discourses Went Mainstream
Why has right-wing activism in Japan, despite its persistence throughout the postwar era, only gained significant traction recently? Focusing on the Zaitokukai, an anti-Korean movement in Japan, this article demonstrates how the new Far Right were able to popularize formerly stigmatized right-wing ideas. The Zaitokukai represents a political group distinct from the traditional right and reflective of new Far Right movements spreading worldwide. I…
How hegemonic masculinity injures migrant men: A multilevel analysis of African men in South Korea's low‐wage labor market
With the rapid influx of labor migration and accelerating rates of globalization, studies of hegemonic masculinity have become increasingly divided in representing the amount of agency marginalized men have access to in constructing alternative, more hybrid masculine ideals as they travel overseas. This paper offers a new methodological approach for studying hegemonic masculinity. Specifically, we analyze how multiple forces at the structural , i…
Mobilizing Ethnic Resources in the Transnational Enclave: Ethnic Solidarity as a Mechanism for Mobility in the Korean Church in Beijing
In recent years, scholars have noted that migrants exhibit distinct patterns of adaptation characterized by frequent movement to their countries of origin. Increasing numbers of migrants have settled in "new" types of enclave communities that have helped them sustain their transnational lifestyles. This article uses original survey data, interviews, and ethnographic research on the Korean transnational enclave in Beijing, comparing how South Kore…
The Organisational Culture of the Chaebol and Workplace Inequality: Stunted Mobilities of Korean Chinese Employees in a Beijing Subsidiary
The chaebol's organisational culture was the target of much criticism when the Asian financial crisis hit the Korean economy in 1997. Despite much research on the topic over the past two decades, there continues to be a lack of consensus on the efficacy of reforms implemented since then. While some have focused on persisting patterns of paternalism, others have highlighted the structural changes implemented. This article revisits this debate by a…
The Rise and Fall of Japan's New Far Right: How Anti-Korean Discourses Went Mainstream
Why has right-wing activism in Japan, despite its persistence throughout the postwar era, only gained significant traction recently? Focusing on the Zaitokukai, an anti-Korean movement in Japan, this article demonstrates how the new Far Right were able to popularize formerly stigmatized right-wing ideas. The Zaitokukai represents a political group distinct from the traditional right and reflective of new Far Right movements spreading worldwide. I…
The effects of colourism on migrant adaptation in Asia: The racial exclusion of African migrants in South Korea’s “multicultural” society
While high rates of intra-Asian migration have rendered foreign migrants physically “invisible” in the past, migrants of increasingly racially diverse backgrounds have started to enter South Korea in the past decade. Through in-depth interviews with sub-Saharan African migrants, this article examines the effects of colourism on three levels of migrant adaptation: (1) host government legal policies, (2) host societal reception, and (3) resources w…
How hegemonic masculinity injures migrant men: A multilevel analysis of African men in South Korea's low‐wage labor market
With the rapid influx of labor migration and accelerating rates of globalization, studies of hegemonic masculinity have become increasingly divided in representing the amount of agency marginalized men have access to in constructing alternative, more hybrid masculine ideals as they travel overseas. This paper offers a new methodological approach for studying hegemonic masculinity. Specifically, we analyze how multiple forces at the structural , i…
Layered Narrative Agency and the Politics of Masculine Respectability: Ghanaian Migrant Marriages in South Korea
This paper examines the lived experiences of Ghanaian migrant men, who face difficulties finding marital partners due to racial hostility, blocked overseas travel and the scarcity of co-ethnic women in South Korea. We draw on 2 years of ethnographic data collected in a large African migrant community and 30 interviews with Ghanaian migrant husbands in Korea to investigate how migrant men construct alternative narratives of masculine respectabilit…
The organizational politics of pastoral care: African migrant churches and the informal governance of migration in South Korea
Past scholarship has emphasized the pivotal role that churches have played in improving migrant welfare by providing legal aid, medical services, and advocating for labor rights in the absence of robust state support. This article challenges dominant narratives of migrant advocacy by demonstrating how faith-based care can restrict migrant agency, even while providing short-term sanctuary and support. Analyzing ethnographic data from a large Afric…
Gender Studies (5 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · China (3 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (3 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Law (3 works)