Koreatown dreaming stories and portraits of Korean immigrant life
"A successful self-published project, now in a new and expanded trade package, Koreatown Dreaming offers readers an intimate look into the lives of shopkeepers and small business owners in Los Angeles Koreatown. A touching homage to Korean immigrants everywhere, this book will resonate with the grow...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Running Press,
[2023]
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| Summary: | "A successful self-published project, now in a new and expanded trade package, Koreatown Dreaming offers readers an intimate look into the lives of shopkeepers and small business owners in Los Angeles Koreatown. A touching homage to Korean immigrants everywhere, this book will resonate with the growing audience of people interested in Korean culture"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 256 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780762484584 0762484586 |
| Author Notes: | Emanuel Hahn (he/him) is a Los Angeles-based commercial and documentary photographer/director. As a Korean Third Culture Kid growing up in Singapore and Cambodia, he developed an interest in storytelling, especially on topics of identity, culture, diasporic experiences and the question of what it means "to belong." His deep observational and listening abilities have led him to tell the stories of coffee farmers in Colombia, Chinese grocery store owners in the Mississippi Delta, and the Korean Uzbeks in Brooklyn, among others. His work has appeared in the New York Times , New Yorker , Atlantic , The Guardian , and more. He lives in Los Angeles, California. |
