The Politics of Ethnic Nationalism in Divided Korea

Our Adoptee, Our Alien: Transnational Adoptees as Specters of Foreignness and Family in South Korea

“…Because biogenetic ties are legally and practically severed in the making of adoptive family ties to be "as-if" biological (Modell 1994), "kinship" and its ("roots" and "blood" rhetorics) Altstein and Simon (2000) and Lovelock (2000). (Em 1999;Grinker 1998;Jager 2003;Robinson 1988;Shin et al 1999) (Shin et al 1999). Moon (1998) Hjern et al (2002) and von Borczyskowski et al (2006).…”

Adapting to Democracy: Identity and the Political Development of North Korean Defectors

“…The belief of ethnic homogeneity played a central role in nation-building efforts by both states, with each government claiming to be the legitimate representative of all Korean people (Shin, Freda, and Yi 1999). For example, Lee (2010) finds minjok-jeiljuui-"the supremacy of the Korean race"-to be a core ideological principle taught in North Korean textbooks.…”

Transformations of a ‘religious’ nation in a global world: Politics, Protestantism and ethnic identity in South Korea

“…Perhaps the best lens to view this is through the theories established by Shin et al (1999). Working from a Social Identity theoretical standpoint and using the black sheep theory of Marques and Yzerbyt (1988), Shin offers the conclusion that those of the in-group are judged more harshly and praised higher than those of the out-group.…”

“…For instance, due to the ethnic nature of nationalism on both sides of the demilitarised zone, a deep-seeded sense of unity exists between the two. Shin, Freda, and Yi (1999) have examined the political discourses of both North and South Korean politicians and have shown that the question of ethnic homogeneity has never been raised; at stake is which ideology represents the 'true' path and past of the people. In light of the (an)Other Self, the ideological discourse takes for granted the unity of a larger identity, that of ethnic Korean-ness, and is framed by its focus on the 'proper' positioning that the ethnic group as a whole should take.…”