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In Search of the “Korean Part”: Reinforcing Cultural Boundaries in a Korean Language School
Author(s) -
Park Eujin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/aeq.12255
Subject(s) - ethnography , ethnic group , sociology , respite care , gender studies , educational anthropology , white (mutation) , identity (music) , biculturalism , cultural identity , pedagogy , anthropology , neuroscience of multilingualism , social science , aesthetics , linguistics , medicine , negotiation , biochemistry , chemistry , philosophy , nursing , gene
This article draws from an ethnographic case study that examined the diverse and contradictory roles of one Korean language school in a predominantly White mid‐sized Midwestern city. While the school provided ethnic and cultural affirmation and respite from racial marginalization, it also reproduced dominant notions of culture that excluded some students from an “authentic” Korean identity. The article demonstrates that community‐based spaces play an important role in defining the boundaries of cultural “authenticity.”