[KS] can Asian Americans have a voice in Asian Studies?

[Tobias Hübinette]

Korean studies is still a white reservation

The minuscule academic field of Korean studies encompassing less than 
40 Western university departments outside North and South Korea and 
made up of a mixture of classical Orientalism and Cold War area 
studies is not only heavily male-dominated, but also a very white 
scene even if most undergraduate students are second generation 
immigrant or adopted Koreans. As tenures and professorships continue 
to be passed on to white males of whom the absolute majority are 
either married to a Korean woman or has adopted a Korean child to 
secure a comfortable access to Korean language and culture, ethnic 
Koreans are confined to the racialized roles of native informants and 
speakers.

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Tobias Hübinette a.k.a. Lee Sam-dol

Ph.D. candidate in Korean Studies
Department of Oriental Languages
Stockholm University
SE-106 91 Stockholm
Sweden

Tel: 46-8-16 15 88
Fax: 46-8-15 54 64
E-mail: tobias at orient.su.se

Presentations:
Department of Oriental languages: www.orient.su.se/koreanskapersonal.html
Info Portal Asia: www.sub.su.se:591/sidor/forskning/koreaforsk/tobias/
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