[KS] can Asian Americans have a voice in Asian Studies?
Tobias Hübinette
tobias at orient.su.se
Tue Sep 30 01:55:23 EDT 2003
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.
--
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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