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Article: http://list.or.kr/node/879
Journal: list_Books from Korea
Issued Date: -
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: SOUTH KOREA
City: Seoul
Book: -
Writer: Kim youngha , Park Min-gyu , Choi Ihn Suk , Choi In-ho

About the Author

Kim Young-ha
Birth : 1968 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : youngha
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김영하
ISNI : 000000012148951X
Works : 97

Park Min-gyu
Birth : 1968 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Min-gyu
Family Name : Park
Korean Name : 박민규
ISNI : 0000000044221463
Works : 41

Choi Ihn Suk
Birth : 1953 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Ihn Suk
Family Name : Choi
Korean Name : 최인석
ISNI : 0000000078479657
Works : 7

Choi In-ho
Birth : 1945 ~ 2013
Occupation : Novelist, Screenwriter
First Name : In-ho
Family Name : Choi
Korean Name : 최인호
ISNI : 0000000120176677
Works : 50

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Imagining America and the “Other” By Bok Dohoon on Nov 02 2014 00:09:32 Vol.18 Winter 2012 While imagining the world of the “other,” four novels, Black Flower, Deep Blue Night, “Forest of Promise”and Legends of Earth Heroes take a look at how Koreans in the United States and Mexico navigated their way once they arrived on the other side of the world. 1. Around the turn of the century, Korean fiction used as fodder the shock and experience of geography and language, the politics of a racially divergent "other," economy, history, and culture, which led to a marked hybridity in literature. To Koreans who had great pride in their "one race, one language" identity, and unwavering desire for a unified nation that could overcome differences, the "other" that crossed geographical, cultural lines, and further, assimilated on this side of the border gave Korean literature the formidable task of representing "otherness." This article follows the experience of Korean immigration and the diaspora in both American continents and investigates the means and routes through which each place has been fictionally reconstructed in Korean literature. This article will trace the Korean perception and imagination of other nations and its components—politics, economy, history, and culture—as geographical places that are distinct from Korea.

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