More than a Metaphor: Blood as Boundary for Korean Biracial IdentityPosted in Asian Diaspora, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, Papers/Presentations on 2010-07-28 03:26Z by Steven |
More than a Metaphor: Blood as Boundary for Korean Biracial Identity
NCA 95th Annual Convention
Chicago Hilton & Towers
Chicago, Illinois
2009-11-11
Myra Washington
College of Media, Institute of Communications Research
University of Illinois
When Hines Ward was named MVP of Super Bowl XL, his Black and Korean biracial status became the touchstone for conversations about mixed-race people in Korea. His “homecoming” trip generated a frenzied discourse around the limits of Korean identity and the location of bi/multiracial individuals within it. Ward’s racial representation allows for the analysis of nationhood, citizenship, difference and race as imagined through blood metaphors.
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