Korea’s response to Islam and Islamophobia:

• 발행기관: 한국학술연구원
• 저자명: IkRan Eum
• 간행물 정보: 『Korea Observer』Vol 48, No 4, 825~849쪽, 전체 25쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 정치외교학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2017.12.30

영문 초록

Islamophobic attitudes are becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide, and Muslim women’s veils have emerged recently as a powerful mark of Islamic identity. In the West, fear and hatred of Islam has been projected onto the veil; this has led to a rise in the victimization of veiled Muslim women. Considering the recent influx and visibility of veiled Muslim women in Korea due to the hallyu phenomenon and medical tourism since the early 2000s, this study explores how Koreans respond to Islam and Islamophobia, focusing on the experiences of veiled Muslim women in Seoul. This study includes both Korean and non-Korean veiled Muslim women as research subjects in discerning whether the responses are derived from an Islamophobia or a result of Korean ethnocentrism. This research fills the gap in discourses of Islamic studies, which lack Asian viewpoints, as well as gives voice to the experiences of marginalized Muslim women in Korea.

목차

I. Introduction

II. Discourse on the Veil within the Paradigm of Muslim Women’s (in)Visibility, and Islamophobic Responses from the West

III. Korean Perceptions of Islam and Reproduced Orientalism

IV. Korean Perspectives of the Veil and Characteristics of Islamophobia

V. Concluding remarks

References

키워드

Korea Islam Islamophobia veil Muslim women multiculturalism