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Cultural translation of Kimchi in Japan: Focusing on the social and economic structure and network of Japanese Kimchi and Zainichi Korean

PARK KEUNMO 1

1名古屋大学

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ABSTRACT

This paper aims to examine the process of food culture transfer and convergence in the local community through Kimchi, a well-established food in Japan, in the context of meeting food culture and translation through cultural negotiations. This paper does not only focus on food culture itself, but will also look into the historical, societal, and economic background surrounding food, as well as the network of actors intertwined within such backgrounds. Through this process, the intention is to investigate the elements interrelated in the process of translating food culture, and the cultural bargaining processes linked to these factors that lead to translation of food culture. This paper attempts to approach the Zainichi Korean, an indispensable subject related to Kimchi establishing itself Japan. To this end, I would first like to examine the power inequality caused by the background of colonialism at the time and the historical context in which Kimchi was developed for the Zainichi Korean. Thereafter, this paper will discuss the social and economic context as well as cultural bargaining within the same, leading to the establishment of a network with various actors in the process of Kimchi integrating into Japanese society.

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