Abstract
Minari by Lee Isaac Chung is a drama which chronicles the life of a Korean family who moves to the USA during 1980s in pursuit for a better life. The acculturation process is experienced differently by family members. Children are mostly bored with their new life in the rural area of Arkansas while their mother, Monica, is terrified of living in a mobile home which is made of a truck trailer in the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile, the grandmother joins the family from Korea to take care of the kids with a more positive approach dealing with their struggles. The father, Jacob, takes his family and marriage on a dangerous adventure as he tries to spawn a farm on the virgin land that has never been touched before.
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Uzuner, Nagehan
(2021)
"Lee Isaac Chung, Minari (2020): Having an Amerikorean Life,"
Markets, Globalization & Development Review:
Vol. 6:
No.
2, Article 4.
DOI: 10.23860/MGDR-2021-06-02-04
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/mgdr/vol6/iss2/4
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Author Bio
Nagehan Uzuner is a PhD Candidate in Communication Doctoral Program at Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey. She has a BA in Public Relations and Promotion from Ege University and MA in Marketing Communications from Istanbul Bilgi University. She worked as Marcom Responsible and Corporate Communication Manager in local and international companies such as KüçükÇiftlik Park, Assicurazioni Generali and Legrand Group. Currently Uzuner works for an NGO as Stakeholder Relations Assistant Manager. She is certified with Research Methodology & Ethics in Health Sciences by Koç University School of Medicine and Harvard University. She is a Board Member of Kanser Savaşçıları Derneği (Cancer Survivors Association) and a proud Member of Koç University Ethics Committees. Her current research areas are health communication, advocacy and activism.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9115-6064