Migration and Cross-Border Marriage in South Korea: Brokering Nationhood and Wifehood

Moving beyond the view of brokers as logistical intermediaries, this book reconceptualises cross‑border marriage brokers in South Korea as actors who facilitate mobility while simultaneously reproducing and reinforcing dominant narratives about gender, family, and national belonging in contemporary Asia.

Drawing on multi-sited, qualitative research – including discourse analysis of brokers’ online videos, interviews, fieldwork at an NGO, and government reports – the book takes a holistic app...