Narrative Identity Negotiation between Cultures

Storytelling by Korean Immigrant Career Women

Bibliographic Data

ID12499314
AuthorsGyun-soo Yoon (corresponding author), Gyunsoo Yoon, Amie M Park
Year2012
Volume18
Issue3
Pages68-97
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Journal of Women s Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1225-9276 • E-ISSN: 2377-004X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/12259276.2012.11666132
OpenAlexW2266643024
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited25

It has been more than a century since the first group of Koreans emigrated to the United States. However, there are very limited studies on the acculturation process of career women. Acculturation is the process of reconstructing one's identity by negotiating between cultures in a foreign location. The method of reconstruction and negotiation is related to self-narrated storytelling. The purpose of this study is to scrutinize self-described identity revision of Korean career women in America. Analysis of in-depth interviews with four participants shows two significant findings. First, immigrant career women experience a frustration-negotiation cycle while finding their "place comparable to the past' in the United States. Second, they first go through a social identity challenge and then subsequently through a cultural identity challenge

Acculturation · Aesthetics · Cultural identity · Identity (music · Identity negotiation · Immigration · Narrative · Negotiation · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Storytelling · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Studies · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Law · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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