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Of Lepers and the Totem Pole: Korean American gendered experiences in Seoul, South Korea |
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For Koreans living abroad, the return to South Korea represents a homecoming of sorts, a psychic return to the country of one’s ancestry, romanticized and distant. This paper is part of a larger project that explores the migration projects of Korean Americans to Seoul, South Korea in search of an ideal Koreanness, embodied in a specific history, culture and traditions. Korean American return migrants are perceived as both foreign yet familiar which informs their positions within Korean society in disparate ways.
Through participant observation and semi-structured interviews, I center the narratives of Korean American men and women who negotiate the interplay of ethnicity, nationality and gender ideologies. While Korean American masculinity is enhanced by their transnational ties to the U.S., Korean American femininity is perceived as unfavorable compared to ideal notions of Korean femininity. As these actors confront new expectations regarding gender and national identity particularly within their social relationships, divisions arise creating fissures between the Korean American male and female experience which shed light on the gendered dimensions of ethnic identity. |
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Name: American Sociological Association
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| Lee, Helene. "Of Lepers and the Totem Pole: Korean American gendered experiences in Seoul, South Korea" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City, Aug 11, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p183511_index.html> |
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| Lee, H. K. , 2007-08-11 "Of Lepers and the Totem Pole: Korean American gendered experiences in Seoul, South Korea" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City Online <PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p183511_index.html |
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Abstract: For Koreans living abroad, the return to South Korea represents a homecoming of sorts, a psychic return to the country of one’s ancestry, romanticized and distant. This paper is part of a larger project that explores the migration projects of Korean Americans to Seoul, South Korea in search of an ideal Koreanness, embodied in a specific history, culture and traditions. Korean American return migrants are perceived as both foreign yet familiar which informs their positions within Korean society in disparate ways.
Through participant observation and semi-structured interviews, I center the narratives of Korean American men and women who negotiate the interplay of ethnicity, nationality and gender ideologies. While Korean American masculinity is enhanced by their transnational ties to the U.S., Korean American femininity is perceived as unfavorable compared to ideal notions of Korean femininity. As these actors confront new expectations regarding gender and national identity particularly within their social relationships, divisions arise creating fissures between the Korean American male and female experience which shed light on the gendered dimensions of ethnic identity. |
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| Fissures and Breaks: Confronting homeland “Koreanness” and ethnic identity While earlier chapters illustrate how visa issues and work experiences certainly constrain and create opportunities for dongpo1 returning to South Korea the challenges in interacting with South Koreans on a daily basis are often the arena in which notions of belonging are both facilitated and threatened. For some Korean Americans the return to the homeland the country from which their parents immigrated or even the land where they themselves were |
| in Korea it’s not so at home. Visibility as foreigners despite shared ethnicity is an issue that directly impacts the experiences Korean Americans have as they negotiate their every day social world. Craig is over 6-feet tall with a medium-sized build that easily makes him stand out in a Korean crowd. When arriving at the agreed-upon coffee shop for the interview I immediately could pick him out from the other people waiting in the front door area. There is |
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