Abstract
This article examines the case of the Koryo saram, the ethnic Koreans living in
the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, to reflect on how notions of diasporas,
community, and identity have changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. It
contends that the Koryo saram are best understood through the lenses of diasporic
conditions rather than as bounded communities, as such an approach allows for
greater recognition of heterogeneity within these communities. While many Koryo
saram continue to claim some form of Korean-ness, how they relate to issues of
homeland-orientation and boundary maintenance evidences internal variation
and growing in-betweenness. The community’s hybridity (“hyphenization”) and
liminality (“identity through difference”) stand out when examining generational
differences and are especially evident among the local Korean youth.
Funder
Academy of Korean Studies
Publisher
The British Association for Korean Studies
Subject
General Social Sciences,General Arts and Humanities
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