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The Study of Intersectionality of the Migration Literature in Sweden: Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s Montecore

  • Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea
  • Abbr : JSSK
  • 2014, (15), pp.1-30
  • Publisher : The Scandinavian Society of Korea
  • Research Area : Social Science > Area Studies > North Europe(Scandinavian)

Jai Ung Hong 1

1한국외국어대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to explore the concept of the Swedish migrant literature, which contributes to the diversification of the Swedish literature in several ways. Still, dominant literary circle in Sweden tends to underestimate the value of the Swedish migrant literature and it is easy to make a mistake in its literary analysis. Migrant literature often focuses on the social contexts in the migrants' country of origin which prompt them to leave, on the experience of migration itself, on the mixed reception which they may receive in the country of arrival, on experiences of racism and hostility, and on the sense of rootlessness and the search for identity which can result from displacement and cultural diversity. By studying the literary criticism on Jonas Hassen Khemiri and his novel, Montecore, I have come to the conclusion that the critics tend to focus on the authors' otherness. By using intersectionality theory I've analyzed the role as representatives of the other reality that is applied on Khemiri by the literary critics. The theory of intersectionality have been used to contextualize these conclusions. The otherness is one of the negative symbolic capital in a bigger societal perspective and in the author's position within the literary field. In his novel Montecore Khemiri focuses on issues of racism and adjustment to a new life in the putatively progressive development of Sweden. In literature of second generation migrants, a location "between" two cultures is often mentioned as a way of expressing a sense of belonging in neither the guest nor the host community. Those whose experience has been more positive may reject the notion of "between" and feel that they live, rather, in the cultural overlap, not a void but a place of particular richness. In this sense the study of Swedish ‘migrant literature’ may contribute to the understanding of the construction of ethnicity in the contemporary Sweden.

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