[KS] Experience of Han

James K Freda jfreda at ucla.edu
Tue Feb 2 21:52:45 EST 1999


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Dear Linda and Michael,
I have a paper titled:

"Discourse on han in postcolonial Korea:
absent suffering and industrialist dreams"=20

coming out in two weeks (am just going over the final proofs online) in =
Jouvert: a journal of postcolonial studies. =
http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/Jouvert/
This is an online journal and should be easily accessible!

I also found Jae Hoon Lee's book interesting and it is a wonderful =
English language study, approaching the topic from both a theological =
and psychoanalytic perspective.
=20
My study emphasizes the socio-historical origins of han as discourse =
(rather than as national essence or as 'Korean mind') and tries to place =
it in wider significance primarily relying on marxist hermeneutics and =
critical theory.=20

Han as it emerged in colonial and postcolonial context is particular to =
Korea only in its naming (itself of interest) and its cultural =
elaboration--a diversity of resonant phenomena can be listed, such as =
the concern within the liberation theologies on elaborating a "language =
of suffering." This may be something widely characteristic of the period =
(the late 60s and 70s) as well. Discourse on han in Korea became =
politicized and widely recognized in the 70s, largely through Korean =
liberation, or minjung, theology and activism--An Pyong-mu, So Nam-dong, =
Kim Chi-ha, etc. It is a rich avenue for reconsidering the politics and =
social activism of that period and for thinking about the possibility of =
change in the present as well.

Jim Freda
jfreda at ucla.edu


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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">Dear Linda and Michael,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">I have a paper titled:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">"Discourse on <I>han</I> in =
postcolonial=20
Korea:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">absent suffering and industrialist=20
dreams" </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">coming out in two weeks (am just =
going over=20
the final proofs online) in <EM>Jouvert: a journal of postcolonial =
studies</EM>.=20
<A=20
href=3D"http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/Jouvert/">http://social.chass.ncsu.e=
du/Jouvert/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">This is an online journal and should =
be easily=20
accessible!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">I also =
found Jae Hoon=20
Lee's book interesting and it is a wonderful English language study, =
approaching=20
the topic from both a theological and psychoanalytic=20
perspective.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">My study emphasizes the =
socio-historical=20
origins of han as discourse (rather than as national essence or as =
'Korean=20
mind') and tries to place it in wider significance primarily relying on =
marxist=20
hermeneutics and critical theory. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">Han as it emerged in colonial and =
postcolonial=20
context is particular to Korea only in its naming (itself of interest) =
and its=20
cultural elaboration--a diversity of resonant phenomena can be listed, =
such as=20
the concern within the liberation theologies on elaborating a=20
"language</FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"> of suffering." =
This may=20
be something widely characteristic of the period (the late 60s and 70s) =
as well.=20
Discourse on han in Korea became politicized and widely recognized in =
the 70s,=20
largely through Korean liberation, or <EM>minjung</EM>, theology and=20
activism--An Pyong-mu, So Nam-dong, Kim Chi-ha, etc. It is a rich avenue =
for=20
reconsidering the politics and social activism of that period and for =
thinking=20
about the possibility of change in the present as well.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">Jim Freda</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><A=20
href=3D"mailto:jfreda at ucla.edu">jfreda at ucla.edu</A></FONT></FONT></FONT><=
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