Toward Multiculturalism through American Ethnic Studies in the Globalizing World

• 영문명: Toward Multiculturalism through American Ethnic Studies in the Globalizing World
• 발행기관: 한국외국어대학교 영미연구소
• 저자명: Eunjung Park
• 간행물 정보: 『영미연구』제10집, 203~228쪽, 전체 26쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 지역학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2004.06.01

영문 초록

  This paper aims to develop several ideas of multiculturalism, American ethnic studies, and American globalization to better understand the relationships among them. The U.S. can be a center of globalization process. While the term ‘globalization’ originates from the area of international trade and business, this paper tries to focus on the cultural aspects of globalization. Academia and government in the U.S. have developed policies emphasizing ethnic diversity and multiculturalism that embrace incoming immigrants. Ethnic studies is an area in academia to understand others and intersect the common experience among different cultures in the U.S. While many Americans try to de-emphasize racial differences, ethnicity emerges as rather an important term in the process of globalization in the U.S. Different and diverse cultures in the U.S. are exposed to the mass with their own ways of lives, religions, food, and customs, but they still believe all of them are Americans enough to assume the same American identity.
  This paper attempts to define globalization, which is quite different from American nationalism, imperialism, or internationalism. Globalization exists somewhere between the First World metropolitan global city and the Third World NGO’s indigenous area, between multiculturalism and ethnicity. It has its own “world system” by intervening in international civil society. With a global spirit people go with transnational idea, and migrate to several metropolitan global cities to earn money. Most of the monetary fund is poured into the global cities, where people enjoy their diverse and unique cultures in their own imagined community. That is the reason ethnic belonging and ethnic studies should be embraced as part of globalization in the U.S.
  In conclusion, this paper contends that a vision that the equality of multicultural phenomena in the U.S. can accomplish the ideal model of globalization for the world. So everybody who tries to move toward globalism feels at home even in a global city, and they can succeed in their pursuits of reaching beyond nationalism.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction
Ⅱ. Globalization in the U.S.A.
Ⅲ. The Globalization in the case of Toyotism, Tyson Chicken, and Benneton
Ⅳ. Nationaliam and Imperialism versus Ethnicity and Globalization : Dallas and Fahrenheit 9/11
Ⅴ. Ethnic Identity in the U.S.A.
Ⅵ. Study of Ethnic Literature
Ⅶ. Conclusion
Works Cited
Abstract

키워드

multiculturalism globalization American ethnic literature transnational nationalism