NANCY ABELMANN
Harry E, Preble Professor of Anthropology, Asian American Studies, and East Asian Languages and Cultures

Davenport Hall, MC-148
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 244-7733
nabelman@illinois.edu

Nancy Abelmann (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1990) is an anthropologist specializing on the Koreas and Asian America, interested particularly in transnationalism, class, education, mental health, families, and gender.

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Anthropology Department

Blue Dreams: Korean Americans and the Los Angeles Riots (with John Lie)
Echoes of the Past, Epics of Dissent: A South Korean Social Movement
The Intimate University: College, Segregation, and the Korean American Family
The Melodrama of Mobility: Women, Class, and Talk in Contemporary South Korea
South Korean Golden Age Melodrama: Gender, Genre, and National Cinema (ed. with Kathleen McHugh) - with contracted at Duke University