@article{ART003366190},
author={Park ShinHye and Kim, Tae-soo},
title={The Representation of Clothing and the Distribution of Identity - Focusing on Kim Soom’s Okinawa Spy -},
journal={Korean Language & Literature},
issn={1229-1730},
year={2026},
number={133},
pages={297-318},
doi={10.21793/koreall.2026.133.10}
TY - JOUR
AU - Park ShinHye
AU - Kim, Tae-soo
TI - The Representation of Clothing and the Distribution of Identity - Focusing on Kim Soom’s Okinawa Spy -
JO - Korean Language & Literature
PY - 2026
VL - null
IS - 133
PB - Korean Language & Literature
SP - 297
EP - 318
SN - 1229-1730
AB - This paper examines clothing as a key analytic medium for understanding identity in Kim Soom’s novel Okinawa Spy, which narratively renders the 1945 “Kumejima Garrison Civilian Massacre.” Drawing on Frantz Fanon’s concepts of the racial epidermal schema and embodied identity, the study adapts Fanon’s black/white binary to the Japanese- Okinawan-Korean triple hierarchy. The analysis examines two configurations: first, how identical clothing such as military uniforms or blindfolds produces divergent identities through (in)visibility; second, how embodied identity manifests when clothing fails or is absent-in external disguise, voluntary disrobing, and uncovered faces. The paper argues that clothing can express but never fully regulate identity, and that the novel demonstrates how mere awareness and active resistance alone cannot dismantle colonial violence, echoing Fanon’s call for a more fundamental struggle.
KW - Okinawa Spy;Kumejima Garrison Civilian Massacre;Clothing Representation;Embodied Identity;Frantz Fanon;Postcolonialism
DO - 10.21793/koreall.2026.133.10
ER -
Park ShinHye and Kim, Tae-soo. (2026). The Representation of Clothing and the Distribution of Identity - Focusing on Kim Soom’s Okinawa Spy -. Korean Language & Literature, 133, 297-318.
Park ShinHye and Kim, Tae-soo. 2026, "The Representation of Clothing and the Distribution of Identity - Focusing on Kim Soom’s Okinawa Spy -", Korean Language & Literature, no.133, pp.297-318. Available from: doi:10.21793/koreall.2026.133.10
Park ShinHye, Kim, Tae-soo "The Representation of Clothing and the Distribution of Identity - Focusing on Kim Soom’s Okinawa Spy -" Korean Language & Literature 133 pp.297-318 (2026) : 297.
Park ShinHye, Kim, Tae-soo. The Representation of Clothing and the Distribution of Identity - Focusing on Kim Soom’s Okinawa Spy -. 2026; 133 : 297-318. Available from: doi:10.21793/koreall.2026.133.10
Park ShinHye and Kim, Tae-soo. "The Representation of Clothing and the Distribution of Identity - Focusing on Kim Soom’s Okinawa Spy -" Korean Language & Literature no.133(2026) : 297-318.doi: 10.21793/koreall.2026.133.10
Park ShinHye; Kim, Tae-soo. The Representation of Clothing and the Distribution of Identity - Focusing on Kim Soom’s Okinawa Spy -. Korean Language & Literature, 133, 297-318. doi: 10.21793/koreall.2026.133.10
Park ShinHye; Kim, Tae-soo. The Representation of Clothing and the Distribution of Identity - Focusing on Kim Soom’s Okinawa Spy -. Korean Language & Literature. 2026; 133 297-318. doi: 10.21793/koreall.2026.133.10
Park ShinHye, Kim, Tae-soo. The Representation of Clothing and the Distribution of Identity - Focusing on Kim Soom’s Okinawa Spy -. 2026; 133 : 297-318. Available from: doi:10.21793/koreall.2026.133.10
Park ShinHye and Kim, Tae-soo. "The Representation of Clothing and the Distribution of Identity - Focusing on Kim Soom’s Okinawa Spy -" Korean Language & Literature no.133(2026) : 297-318.doi: 10.21793/koreall.2026.133.10
