Modern Em(body)ments of the Model Minority in South Korea

Notable exceptions include Chung and Walkey, Ip and Pang, and Hannis, who have all researched the Chinese as model minorities in New Zealand, and Fang,6 the only academic to research Koreans as model minorities in China.7 All in all, there are only 11 pieces of model minority stereotype literature t...

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Published inStudies on Asia (East Lansing, Mich.) Vol. Series IV, 4; no. 1; p. 108
Main Author Hartlep, Nicholas D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Normal Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs 01.03.2014
Subjects
Geopolitics
Korean War
Minority & ethnic groups
Racism
Women
South Korea
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Summary:Notable exceptions include Chung and Walkey, Ip and Pang, and Hannis, who have all researched the Chinese as model minorities in New Zealand, and Fang,6 the only academic to research Koreans as model minorities in China.7 All in all, there are only 11 pieces of model minority stereotype literature that fall outside of a North American geopolitical or geospatial context-the nine citations mentioned previously being among them.8 A thorough read of this literature reveals that little-to-no attention has been paid by researchers to how the Asian model minority stereotype functions within the Republic of Korea, especially with regard to how it is perpetuated by South Korean culture and behavior, which exacerbates Korean women's internalized oppression by altering female beauty standards in deference to Western images of sexuality and attractiveness.9 The "Forgotten" War (1950-1953) During the Korean War, which lasted from 1950-1953, many Korean women married United States soldiers. According to Yu, during and immediately following the Korean War, 6,423 Korean women married United States military servicemen.
ISSN:1554-3749