@article{ref1,
title="Cultural hybridity in the discourses of marriage migration",
journal="Korean journal of sociology",
year="2011",
author="Lee, Suan",
volume="45",
number="6",
pages="85-114",
abstract="The sociological research on the marriage migrant women has been mainly of the women's victimized reality as subjects of human trafficking marriages. It is high time for a full-scale research on the cultural hybrid phenomena of these women who are now rising as the subjects of migrant culture formation. Focusing on the premise of cross-border marriage as 'the hybridization through the meeting of two cultures,' a cultural analysis looking into the discourses surrounding marriage has been attempted, centralizing on Bhabha's and Young's cultural hybridity theories and Minh-ha's discussion of othering. The promotional material that marriage agencies offer in regard to South Asian culture, such as marriage, family values, and attitudes toward sexuality, plays a significant role in the Korean man's selection of a wife, and is thus a most important factor in cultural hybridization. This study analyzes the various cultures related to marriage migration, the modes of hybridization, promotional material and postscripts written by bridegrooms, and a TV program. Tracing two trends of the maledominated unilateral process of marriage and cultural assimilation and the process of cultural hybridity in which woman's agency is performed, prospects for a positive hybridization in which one culture does not emerge into the other could be made. Keywords: Human trafficking<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1225-0120",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}