Gendered Modernity and Ethnicized Citizenship: North Korean Settlers in Contemporary South Korea  

Oleh:

Choo, Hae Yeon

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Gender and society; vol. 20 no. 05 (Oct. 2006), page 576-604.
Topik: gender; citizenship; modernity; ethnicity; migration; intersectionality; Korea
Fulltext: 576.pdf (138.0KB)

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This article explores the gendered construction of South Korean citizenship through the lens of North Korean settlers’ experiences in South Korea. Drawing on ethnographic research, the author delves into the citizen-making process, critically examining the impact of gendered modernizing projects on North Korean settlers’ daily lives. North Korean settlers are expected to get rid of their ethnic markers and transform themselves into modern citizen-subjects of South Korea. The author demonstrates that the overall frame of perception of North Korean settlers is deeply gendered, with modernity as a powerful ethnic marker. The notion of ethnicized citizenship in the context of two Koreas offers a concrete account of how ethnicities are created and employed in stratified structure of citizenship.

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