Fictions of Liberation: A Paradoxical "Palimpsest of Colonial Identity" of Chong (Jeong)
Within Asian/American feminist theology, this article addresses specifically Korean/American feminist theological discourse of chong. I argue that by employing racialized signifiers such as han and chong, we are marginalizing ourselves. Such discursive identity markers of Korean/American feminist th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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Journal of pastoral theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 160-174 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology KBM Asia KBQ North America NCB Personal ethics TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
nationalist historiography
B Nationalism B feminist liberation theology B Imperialism B Postcolonialism B American feminist theology / Asian |
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| Summary: | Within Asian/American feminist theology, this article addresses specifically Korean/American feminist theological discourse of chong. I argue that by employing racialized signifiers such as han and chong, we are marginalizing ourselves. Such discursive identity markers of Korean/American feminist theologians have been constructed by utilizing colonialist historiography and methods that the Japanese first used in their efforts to justify colonial rule of Korea (1910-1945), thereby reproducing and reinforcing the racialized discourses of the colonial era. This author implores Asian/American pastoral theologians to engage in a more critical, complex analysis of power during the period of Japanese colonial rule (1910-1945). I argue for the importance of historiographical analysis as being central to understanding how Korean/American theological identity came to embrace the cultural signifiers it does. Our task, then, as critical feminist liberation theologians is to engage in ongoing critiques and analyses of patri-kyriarchal power in colonialism(s) and imperialism(s) in order to dismantle its structures and influences. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-4504 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of pastoral theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/10649867.2018.1547959 |