Penalizing 'runaway' migrant wives
Commercial Cross-Border Marriages and Home Space as Confinement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4525546 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sohoon Yi (0000-0003-0452-9246, Kyungpook National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 918-935 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Citizenship Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13621025.2021.1968682 |
| OpenAlex | W3196145141 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 33 |
This study examines the use of the term ‘gachul (absconding from home)’ in courts and immigration policies to punish the behavior of marriage migrant women who enter South Korea after marriage and then leave their husbands. The study focuses on penalized mobility outside migrants’ marital homes, which is interpreted as deviance from the expected family role. By conceptualizing home as a confinable space, the paper discusses migrant women’s exclusion from citizenship based on their contribution to the family. The paper draws from cases heard in criminal courts and laws and policies, paying attention to the conflation of criminal, immigration, and family laws and the effect on marriage and family. Notably, it highlights cases of uxoricide, marital rape, and international child abduction. The cases reveal that judicial and executive bodies penalize marriage migrants’ departure from home, regardless of the justification for their actions
Border crossing · Citizenship · Criminology · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Immigration · Migrant workers · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Computer Science · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
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Intimate citizenship
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Marriage Migrants as Emigrants
Imaged and imagined threat to the nation
Contesting criminality
Political Economy of Cross-Border Marriage
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Citizenship Projects for Marriage Migrants in South Korea
Suspicious Mothering
Beyond the Brokers
Commercially Arranged Marriage Migration
Hidden Spaces of Resistance of the Subordinated
Multiculturalism and the politics of belonging
Mothering as a citizenship practice
Reframing migrant mothers as citizens
Crossing Borders and Criminalizing Identity
The Janus-faced court of naturalisation
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |