• 영미문화
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.185-206
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• 2014

The concept of the "diaspora" has established itself as one of the major topics in literary and cultural studies in the first two decades of the twenty-first century. Contemporary studies on this topic tend to regard is diaspora as either as a liberatory space unmoored from a repressive national identity-formation or as a condition pregnant with challenges to the authority of a nation-state or nationalism. Viewed from within the social realities of multi-ethnic nations, however, diaspora has an alternative, darker face. For, reproduced within the concept itself, is that of a hierarchy: this hierarchy is one in which a dominant group seeks to repress the same ethnic members for their failure to conform. What is more, the cultural difference, which diaspora is believed to preserve, lends the dominant group an excuse to re-ethnicize its immigrants, subsuming them under the same extra-national category as that of the people or homeland they have left behind. By analyzing a range of historical and theoretical models, this study offers itself as an attempt to clarify the current, and often confusing, understandings of the condition of diaspora. By delving into its political potentials and discussing their possible socio-political ramifications, the study suggests that researchers of diaspora need to anchor themselves in historicity lest they end up "speaking for" their chosen subjects.

• 수완나부미
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.125-157
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• 2019

It has been widely argued that Area Studies is in a critical condition especially in Australia, Europe and the US. However, in the Southeast Asian region, most especially Indonesia, we are witnessing the rise of Area Studies programs with the establishment of several such programs both in research institutions and universities. In this paper, I will discuss a few examples of Area Studies research on the emerging diasporic connections in Southeast Asia and reflect on the constitution of ethnic networks as "sites" where transnational identities are forged beyond state boundaries. Indeed, transnational movements of people have occurred and continue to happen due to particular events like wars and political turmoil, as well as for economic reasons. Today, we find many diasporic groups, including minorities, in the border areas of Southeast Asian countries and historically, minorities have been known for their movements in mainland Southeast Asia. If previously, the diasporic connections, especially with the homeland, had been very limited or even non-existent, today such connections have emerged across national boundaries. On top of this, economic and social networkings are equally on the rise both within and at transnational levels. It is, therefore, important to discuss the identity of diasporic groups and transnational networkings in the cases of two border areas in Southeast Asia.

• 대순사상논총
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• 제18권
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• pp.53-79
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• 2004

This paper explores the relationship between Korean immigrants to the United States and their religious identity from the cultural point of view. Most scholarly studies on Korean immigrants in the United States have been dominated by sociological approach and ethnic studies in examining the social dimension of the Korean immigrant communities while neglecting issues concerning their religious identity and cultural heritage. Most Korean immigrants to America attend Korean churches regardless their religious affiliation before they came to America. One of the reasons for this phenomenon is the fact that Korean church has provided a necessary social service for the newly arrived immigrants. Korean churches have been able to play a key role in the life of Korean immigrants. Korean immigrants, however, have shown a unique aspect regarding their religious identity compared to other immigrants communities in the United States. America is a nation of immigrants, coming from different parts of the world. Each immigrant community has brought their unique cultural heritage and religious persuasion. Asian immigrants, for example, brought their own traditional religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism. People from the Middle Eastern countries brought Islamic faith while European Jews brought the Jewish tradition. In these immigrant communities, religious identity and cultural heritage were homo genously harmonized. Jewish people built synagogue and taught Hebrew, Jewish history, culture, and faith. In this case, synagogue was not only the house of worship for Jews but also the center for learning Jewish history, culture, faith, and language. In short, Jewish cultural history was intimately related to Jewish religious history; for Jewish immigrants, learning their social and political history was indeed identical with leaning of their religious history. The same can be said about the relationship between Indian community and Hinduism. Hindu temples serve as the center of Indian immigrantsin providing the social, cultural, and spiritual functions. Buddhist temples, for that matter, serve the same function to the people from the Asian countries. Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Tibetans, and Thais have brought their respective Buddhist traditions to America and practice and maintain both their religious faith and cultural heritage. Middle Eastern people, for example, have brought Islamic faith to the United States, and Mosques have become the center for learning their language, practicing their faith, and maintaining their cultural heritage. Korean immigrants, unlike any other immigrant group, have brought Christianity, which is not a Korean traditional religion but a Western religion they received in 18th and 19th centuries from the West and America, back to the United States, and church has become the center of their lives in America. In this context, Koreans and Korean-Americans have a unique situation in which they practice Christianity as their religion but try to maintain their non-Christian cultural heritage. For the Korean immigrants, their religious identity and cultural identity are not the same. Although Korean church so far has provides the social and religious functions to fill the need of Korean immigrants, but it may not be able to become the most effective institution to provide and maintain Korean cultural heritage. In this respect, Korean churches must be able to open to traditional Korean religions or the religions of Korean origin to cultivate and nurture Korean cultural heritage.

• 영어영문학
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.1311-1337
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• 2010

This paper deals with one of the hottest debates in the history of the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) since its inception in the late 1960s. In 1998 at Hawai'i, the AAAS awarded Lois-Ann Yamanaka its Fiction Award for her novel Blu's Hanging, only to have this award protested. The point at issue was the inappropriate representation of Filipino American characters called "Human Rats" in the novel. This event divided the association into two groups: one criticizing the novel for the problematic portrayal of Filipinos in colonial Hawai'i, and the other defending it from the criticism in the name of aesthetic freedom. Such a "crisis of representation" in Asian American identity reflects on the ways in which local Hawaiians are positioned in the complicate power dynamic between oppositional Hawaiian identity and cosmopolitan diasporic identity within the larger framework of Asian American pan-ethnic identity. The controversial event triggered the eruption of Asian Americans' anxiety over the identity-bounded nation of Asian America where intra-racial classism and conflict have been at play, which are primary themes of Blu's Hanging. This paper shows how Yamanaka's Blu's Hanging becomes so disturbing a work to prevent the hegemonic formality of Asian America identity from being fully dogmatic. Ultimately, it contradicts the political unconscious of the reading public and unmasked its false consciousness by engendering a "free subjective intervention" in the ideological reality of colonial Hawai'i.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.404-412
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• 2022

An increasing number of students from different cultures study in higher primary schools. This trend is due to: 1) the government's discourse on increasing the level of participation of foreign students in national educational programs and the need for internationalization; 2) the need of employers for professionals who are trained to work in a multicultural environment to meet the needs of different markets and customers. Methodology. This study is based on the results of the OECD (2018) structured survey of 1,093 teachers at universities in Australia, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Georgia, Malta, Vietnam, Turkey, and Argentina, examined policy, the practice of cultural characteristics in training specialists, and teachers' attitudes to cultural diversity. Results. The attitude and perception of cultural features by teachers does not determine the practice of forming a cultural environment and managing this environment to ensure quality education of students of different nations. The main culturological aspects of training are self-expression of cultural and ethnic identities, expression of cultural characteristics and their value through multicultural activities in universities, teaching students to combat ethnic or cultural discrimination. Therefore, the formation of a multicultural environment in higher education occurs through the activities of students and teachers, which complement each other. The practical value lies in identifying two important components of the formation of cultural diversity among students, such as self-expression of ethnic and cultural identity and the expression of cultural differences by teachers in the course of educational activities.

• 한국인구학
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.53-73
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• 2010

이 논문은 다문화 사회로 향하고 있는 한국 사회에서 나타나는 이주자에 대한 사회적 거리와 이주자에게 부여되는 시민적 지위에 대한 태도를 실증적으로 분석한다. 지구화의 진전으로 국가의 영토적 경계를 벗어나서 존재하면서도 본래의 국적을 유지하는 사람들이 급격히 증가되면서 이주자들의 시민권이 다인종 다문화 사회의 중요한 쟁점이 되어 왔다. 이 논문은 한국학중앙연구원이 2008년에 수행한 '다인종 다문화 사회통합 관련 조사' 자료를 이용하여, 외국인 및 이주자에 대한 사회적 거리, 국민정체성의 기반에 대한 인식, 이주자들에게 부여되는 시민적 지위, 즉 이주자 시민권에 대한 태도와 그것에 영향을 주는 요인을 분석한다. 흑인과 중동인에 대한 한국인의 사회적 거리가 큰 편이지만 현실적으로 더 문제가 되는 것은, 이주자의 큰 비중을 차지하고 있는 동남아인들과 향후 점차 증가할 것으로 예상되는 새터민에 대한 사회적 거리도 상당히 크다는 사실이다. 국민정체성의 기반을 시민적 요소, 민족적 요소, 문화적 요소를 나누어 살펴보면 시민적 요소가 가장 중요하게 인식되고 있으며, 이중국적에 대해서는 폐쇄적인 태도가 강하게 나타나 지구적 시민권과는 상충되는 현상이 존재하고 있다. 이주자 시민권에 대한 태도 모형을 다중회귀분석으로 추정한 결과에 의하면, 한국 사회에서 이주자들을 위한 지구적 시민권의 개념을 구현하기 위해서는 기본적 인권과 평등에 대한 보편주의적 태도와 시민적 자질을 중요시하는 국민정체성에 대한 인식을 확산시키는 동시에, 한국사회에서 강하게 나타나고 있는 단일민족의식과 이중국적에 대한 폐쇄주의적 태도를 약화시켜 나가야 한다.

• 비교문화연구
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• 제40권
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• pp.159-183
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• 2015

본 논의는 변화와 개혁의 시기였던 1990년대 중국조선족 문학의 쟁점들을 시문학 비평을 중심으로 살펴보았다. 중국의 개혁개방 이후의 사회적 변화는 조선족문학이 기존의 문예 이론이나 문학적 경향에서 탈피하여 새로움을 추구하는 동시에 존립의 방향과 정체성을 재점검하는 계기가 되었다. 본고는 "문학과 예술", "장백산"에 실린 비평들을 통해 이 시기 조선족문학의 상황과 시대적 문제의식 그리고 그들이 추구한 방향성은 무엇이었는지에 주목해보았다. 사회 문화적 개방화의 물결 속에서 조선족 비평가들은 비평의 위기와 극복 방안에 대해 논의를 진행했다. 사회주의 리얼리즘적 창작 방법을 추구했던 기존의 작품들과 달리 변화하는 현실과 그것을 반영한 작품들을 보면서 평단은 비평의 역량을 강화하기 위해 무엇보다 지식과 이론의 수용이 필요하다는 점을 제기했다. 이런 움직임은 사회주의 문예이론을 완전히 탈피하고자 하는 것은 아니었지만 비평의 질적 발전을 위해 다양한 이론의 섭수가 중요하다는 점이 강조되었다. 그리고 새로운 비평 이론에 대한 갈망과 요구는 시문학 비평에서 현대성에 관한 논의로 이어졌다. 비평가들은 문예지를 통해 서구의 문예이론을 소개하는 한편, 포스트모더니즘이나 탈이데올로기적 추세를 비판적으로 수용하며 조선족문학이 추구해야 하는 현대성이란 무엇인가에 대해 방향을 모색했다. 조선족문학의 현대성 논의는 조선족의 문화적 전통 및 특수성을 보여줄 수 있는 문화정체성 형상화에 대한 모색으로 이어졌다. 한편 조선족 비평은 민족문화와 민족정신을 계승하고자 하는 목표 아래 세계 문학과의 교류와 소통을 제기하기도 했다. 비평가들은 세계 문학과 공감할 수 있는 문학의 보편성을 획득하는 동시에 조선족 민족문화의 특수성을 형상화하고자 했다. 남영전의 토템시는 그러한 노력의 성공적인 결과물이라 할 수 있다. 1990년대 조선족 비평은 조선족문학만이 아니라 조선족 사회의 위기 앞에서 균열과 해체의 시대를 극복하는 방안을 제시하고자 노력했다. 이런 조선족 비평의 움직임은 중국이나 북한, 한국과 차별화되는 한글문학의 한 주체로서의 가능성을 보여주었다는 점에서 그 의의를 지닌다.

• 비교문화연구
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• 제36권
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• pp.5-35
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• 2014

This study attempts to give a review of social media users' choice of a particular name for the sake of signaling identity cues and interaction with the others. The social media names could be classified into different categories such as traditional/cultural anthroponyms, nicknames and fictitious IDs etc. Out of these categories, it is the phenomenon of choice and construction of fictitious social media IDs by Pakistani social media users which has been reviewed and scrutinized in this particular article. This study examined fictitious IDs of Pakistani social media users from Critical Discourse Analysis and System Functional Linguistics perspectives and demonstrates how nationalistic, ethnic and religious identities are negotiated, constructed, deconstructed and reconstructed by the social media users through a particular ID choice.

• 영미문화
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.29-45
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to research how the writer describes characters of the text who overcome traumatic experiences and restore their identity through rememory in Toni Morrison's Beloved. The writer, Morrison gives the female characters their voices to recover their ethnic identities. By breaking silence, they establish their identities and become Americans from "unspeakable thoughts" to "speaking subjects." The ex-slave Sethe and her daughter, Denver have experienced trauma which works from traces of memory and history after slavery was abolished. Sethe and Denver are isolated from the community at the 124 Bluestone Road. When Beloved, ghost who was killed by Sethe, appears, Sethe and Denver are wondering who she is. Rememorying in Beloved is the important form of narrative that Morrison uses to recover their trauma. Morrison emphasizes the need to reconcile with the community and the aid of community for Sethe and Denver to heal their truma. Thanks to Beloved who leads Sethe and Denver to the community, they can be finally one of the community members in America.

• 영어영문학
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.263-279
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• 2008

Arif Dirlik in Postmodernity's Histories sees the issue of re-ethnicization in the case of John Huang, China's alleged attempt at lobbying the Clinton administration. In this view, Americans with Chinese surnames were suspected by the US Justice Department to be possible spies working for Beijing. Reethnicization here seems to serve the mainstream society in reducing an ethnic minority to a group of aliens operating for their countries of origin. However, re-ethnicization is not necessarily a one-way oppressive operation; it is often made use of by the ethnic minorities in their efforts to adapt to their country of arrival. Haroon and Karim, the protagonists of Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia, are cases in point. They are portrayed as winning social recognition and securing a place of their own within the hostile host society through a strategic use of re-ethnicization, that is, masquerading as 'genuine Orientals.' This study brings to light possible fallacies or misguided expectations concerning the political position of first- and second-generation immigrants. One of the fallacies is found in the racist metropolis, which regards the ethnic minorities as a sort of resident aliens, no matter what immigrant generation the latter belongs to. Another fallacy is found in the kind of postcolonial criticism that automatically regards an anti-racist critique advanced by people like Kureishi as something motivated by a confrontational tactic, that is, an attempt at subverting the colonial power relations. The conclusion of this study is that Kureishi's agenda, as presented in The Buddha of Suburbia, is neither the preservation of an ethnic identity nor the subversion of colonial power relations but survival in the metropolis. On this account Kureish's agenda can be called a micro-politics.