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Chinese Migration to Peru and Their Social Exclusion in the Spread of the Epidemics in Lima in the Early 20th Century

  • Cross-Cultural Studies
  • 2023, 70(), pp.119-152
  • DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2023.70..119
  • Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
  • Research Area : Humanities > Literature
  • Received : September 3, 2023
  • Accepted : October 11, 2023
  • Published : October 31, 2023

Seo Ji Hyun 1

1부경대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to analyse Chinese immigrants and their experiences of social exclusion in the early stages of settlement in Lima, the capital of Peru. This minority population group has received relatively little attention in domestic Latin American studies. Peru is relevant since the country has the second largest group of Chinese immigrants in the Americas after the United States. First, this study analyses the complex background of the migration of Chinese coolies, who are indentured laborers, to Peru since the mid-19th century. In addition, new free immigrants from China joined them in the early 20th century. The study analyses the social exclusion of Chinese immigrants while settling in Lima and their causes. In particular, as Korean society has experienced in the recent spread of COVID-19, the outbreak and spread of infectious diseases provides an important opportunity to visualise the feeling of discrimination or exclusion against a specific social group that has accumulated in a society based on public anxiety and fear. With this in mind, this study focuses on the bubonic plague epidemic that started to spread in Lima in 1903 and the response of Peruvian society. It also analyses the experience of discrimination and exclusion against the Chinese immigrant group that became visible during the epidemic. The significance of this study is that it examines the early settlement experience of Asian minority populations in Latin America, 152 which has received less attention domestically, as Asia-Pacific relations have been deepening in various aspects in the 21st century. It is hoped that this research will contribute to the revitalization of research on social and cultural exchanges in the Pacific Rim, including the diverse experiences of Asian minority groups in Latin America, including Chinese immigrant groups.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
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