The Presentation of the Korean Self with Everyday Food: Negotiating “Koreanness” through Kimchi Diplomacy in Contemporary Japan

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Yoko Demelius
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Abstract:This study explores domestic cultural diplomacy efforts to brand “Koreaness” using kimchi as a medium of civic movement for minority awareness and intercultural dialogue in Japan. Amid current global consumption trends, popular Korean dishes, including kimchi, have become diffused among the many other international dishes appropriated in Japan. Once negatively regarded in Japan as immigrants’ food that symbolized ethnic Koreans’ marginalization, many now consider kimchi to be a comfort food. Although some Korean residents perceive kimchi’s popularity in Japan as a sign of reduced skepticism toward and gradual acceptance of Koreanness and Korean residents in Japanese society, many Koreans approach kimchi as a medium through which they express their Koreanness and negotiate their position as an ethnic minority in relation to Japan’s “homogeneous” national identity. Discussions surrounding the production and consumption of kimchi in Japan reveal the delicate negotiations at play in the Korean minority’s assertion of proper Koreanness in Japan. Based on ethnographic work conducted among Korean communities in western Japan, this study investigates the performative and preservation efforts that the Korean community undertakes to sustain their ethnicity while becoming an increasingly integral part of Japanese society.
日常食物中韩国人自我的呈现:当代日本泡菜外交中的“韩国性”谈判
摘要:本研究探讨了国内文化外交努力,将泡菜作为日本公民运动的媒介,以提高少数民族意识和文化间对话。在当前的全球消费趋势下,包括泡菜在内的流行韩国菜已经在日本的许多其他国际菜肴中传播开来。曾经在日本被负面地视为移民的食物,象征着韩国人的边缘化,现在许多人认为泡菜是一种安慰食品。尽管一些韩国居民认为泡菜在日本的受欢迎表明日本社会对韩国性和韩国居民的怀疑态度有所减少,并逐渐被接受,但许多韩国人将泡菜视为一种媒介,通过它来表达自己的韩国性,并就日本的“同质”民族身份谈判自己作为少数民族的地位。围绕日本泡菜生产和消费的讨论揭示了朝鲜少数民族在日本主张正确韩国化的微妙谈判。本研究基于在日本西部朝鲜族社区中进行的民族志研究,调查了朝鲜族社区在成为日本社会日益不可或缺的一部分的同时,为维持其种族而进行的表演和保护工作。
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期刊介绍: Published twice a year under the auspices of the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies at Seoul National University, the Seoul Journal of Korean Studies (SJKS) publishes original, state of the field research on Korea''s past and present. A peer-refereed journal, the Seoul Journal of Korean Studies is distributed to institutions and scholars both internationally and domestically. Work published by SJKS comprise in-depth research on established topics as well as new areas of concern, including transnational studies, that reconfigure scholarship devoted to Korean culture, history, literature, religion, and the arts. Unique features of this journal include the explicit aim of providing an English language forum to shape the field of Korean studies both in and outside of Korea. In addition to articles that represent state of the field research, the Seoul Journal of Korean Studies publishes an extensive "Book Notes" section that places particular emphasis on introducing the very best in Korean language scholarship to scholars around the world.
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