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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Deberniere: </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This comes up occasionally. I would look to
Henry Em's discussion of the minjok in his "Minjok as a Modern and Democratic
Construct: Sin Chaeho's Historiogrpahy" in Shin and Robinson's Colonial
Modernity in Korea. He has a lengthy discussion of minjok....I think
minjung as well. I'd think "ethnic nation" as its translation, but that is
awkward. There is the connotation of race so it leans toward the trans of
the nation in the sense of the "the people." National History seems fine
when translating the title you mention. Minjung is of course more slippery
becauase of the movement of the 70s and 1980s. Here "masses" seems to work
well as in "the laboring masses." But then that has a Marxist tinge...and
the movement also discussed the minjung as those, underferentiated, who were
oppressed. 19th century minjung uprisings are usually peasant uprisings,
here the common folk. As for the Journals I don't know. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike R.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=djt188@psu.edu href="mailto:djt188@psu.edu">DEBERNIERE JANET
TORREY</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 27, 2007 2:34 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [KS] minjok, minjung, and a
miscellaneous item</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dear List Members,<BR><BR>I'm trying to find a good translation
of the word "minjok," and wonder what's already out there that conveys the
meaning adequately? I believe "minjok euisik" is sometimes translated
"national consciousness," which feels pretty close to the Korean term in most
of the contexts it's used, but somehow the parallel "national history" for
"minjoksa" seems to weaken the connotation of "minjok" (which might also be
translated "race" or "ethnic group"). Any ideas? Specifically, I'm trying to
give an English approximation for a book titled, <EM>Minjoksawa Cheonjugyohoe
(Minjok History and the Catholic Church)</EM> that examines the role of the
Catholic Church in the development of the modern Korean nation beginning in
the 19th c., but including Catholic involvement in social justice issues
during the later 20th century.<BR><BR>On a related note, are there any
agreed-upon translations of "minjung" in Korean Studies circles? For instance,
is there a way to convey "minjung-eui dongyo" without resorting to something
reductionist or Marxist when the phrase refers to indigenous movements and
uprisings of the common populace as early as the mid 19th c.? Also, out of
curiosity, what are some preferred translations of the term "minjung gayo"
that refers to the genre of music popular with the student demonstrators of
the 80s? I've heard "people's songs" or "songs of the masses," and I often
explain it to non-Koreans as being similar to American folk-rock. Some
representative singers from back then: Jeong Taechun & Bak Eunok, An
Chihwan (although his more recent music might not quite fit), Kim Min'gi... As
a former student-activist friend of mine once commented, you can almost smell
the makgeolli when you listen to Jeong Taechun...<BR><BR>Finally (nostalgia
aside) I'm trying to locate a journal called "The Journal of International
Comparative Korean Studies" OR "The Journal of Comparative Korean Studies."
Two different bibliographic references of the same article gave these two
slightly different journal titles, but searches (including on major periodical
list databases in my univ. library) have unearthed no such journal so far. Any
leads?<BR><BR>Thanks very much for your time and attention,<BR><BR>Deberniere
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