• 비교문화연구
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• 제35권
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• pp.97-122
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• 2014

Since the arrival of Chinese immigrants in the 1850s, many Euro-American writers tended to project their fears, contempt, desires and fantasy onto the Other race and perceived Chinese Americans in stereotypes-dangerous villains, unassimilated aliens, quiet and passive servants, sexually submissive women, or seductive prostitutes. However in the 1970s and the 1980s Euro-American novels expressed varying attitudes towards Chinese Americans. Many earlier EuroAmerican writers began portraying positive characterizations of Chinese Americans. The purpose of this study is to examine the ways one of the Euro-American writers, Howard Fast characterized Chinese Americans in The Immigrants. Part of the novel concerns a Chinese American family. Fast gave a favorable portrayal of Chinese Americans. Unlike many Euro-American novelists who dealt only with Chinese American villains and prostitutes and view Chinese Americans as the lowest class of American society, Fast, on the other hand, portrayed Chinese Americans as law-abiding and useful citizens. Thus, I will discuss how Howard Fast subverted the familiar negative characterization of Chinese Americans and placed Chinese American experiences in the context of American immigration history. Many white Americans tended to notice only the lurid and sensational aspects in the Chinese American community. They seldom regarded Chinese Americans as people with homes and families and seldom saw Chinese Americans as individuals, as human beings with feelings, pain, and joy. To counter this racist view, Fast described the family life of Chinese Americans and depicted Chinese Americans as individuals with a full range of human emotions and with strong family and cultural ties. Though Fast debunked some myths about Chinese Americans, he also reinforces other stereotypes or some stereotypical illusions about them. In conclusion, I'll demonstrate Fast's work remains an incomplete representation of Chinese Americans.

• 비교문화연구
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• 제38권
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• pp.191-214
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• 2015

Chinese American Writer, Ha Jin has been writing exclusively about the life in his native Communist China. His stories and poems are almost all about the Chinese people so far. In addition, the distinctive Chinese flavour and the inexorably repressive image of China in his works present an 'Other' to the American culture. Such kind of Chineseness can also be found in Ha Jin's works and his career as a writer. The continued demand for knowledge of China, which is created by China's increasingly important role in the globalized economy, sustains the country's position as an Other for America. In his early four novels, Ha Jin portrays a totally repressive image of Communist China, an image of which functions perfectly as a form of otherness for his American readers. In Ha Jin's portrayal, the Chinese masses are subjected to the Communist authority through its bureaucracy and state-economy mechanism, as well as through the godlike image of Mao Zedong. They are to follow the Communist conscience and subscribe to unity-in-difference. Deviation from the one-party rule is intolerable. In each of the novels, Ha Jin presents a specific system of repression. In In the Pond, confrontation against Party authority is contained by a process of complicity. In Waiting, the Party's power is upheld through a system of surveillance in which people act as agents, resulting in a web of power which paralyses love. The Crazed illustrates a play of power by Party officials which, against the backdrop of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, is full of craze itself, driving people either out of sanity or out of the country. War Trash exposes the Communist power's repression to the extreme by presenting a case of dishonour in those whose life is debased as trash by the Party. The repressive image of China produced in these stories, which span over half a century, makes Ha Jin's China a perfect Other for the West. To sum up, Ha Jin's novels construct a repressive image of China. In his novels, Ha Jin exposes the working of repression in particular systems. Through these systems, he problematizes the notion of personal autonomy for Chinese people and proposes for his western/American readers a solution which eventually turns into a re-presentation of American hegemony.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.463-472
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to investigate university students' attitudes and interests for ethnic food. The questionnaire developed was distributed to 60 students majoring in food & nutrition and 260 students taking a liberal course related with food culture in world. A total of 271 questionnaires were usable ; resulting in 84.7% response rate. Among 12 kinds of ethnic food, a large number of students had an experience in Japanese, Chinese, American and Italian food. Also Chinese, American, Japanese and Italian food were familiar with them, but the hope to eat for French, Spanish, Mexican and German food was too strong. Students knew kinds, characteristics, table manners and etc. for Japanese, Chinese, and American food very well and wanted to know the information about French food. as result of positioning for ethnic food by correspondence analysis, Spanish, English, French, Germany and Mexican food had a strong image in want to eat, wanted to know information about food and got a good feeling. Students perceived Vietnamese, Thai and Indian food as having an experience, Japanese, American and Italian food as well-know about food or restaurants, and Chinese food as being familiar. The findings would indicate trends for ethnic foods and their cultures in Korea and forecast the possibility of change in foodservice market.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.7-16
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• 2014

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to target Chinese consumers of Korean agri-food through the analysis of agri-food brand identity images to set future directions for proposed agri-food exports to China. Since negotiations began for a free trade agreement (FTA) between Korea and China, some Koreans have worried about the Korean agriculture sector. The world trading system has undergone many changes in recent years. Since the start of FTA negotiations on agriculture, China and Korea have faced a heightened sense of crisis. China is trying to export agricultural products so actively that its agricultural exports could increase by more than 7% annually. China exported about one-tenth of its agricultural products to Korea in the period 2002-2010. Recently, the importance of brand identity has tended to increase, as the world becomes one unified market. In this situation, we should try to promote agri-food exports to China. It is very important to understand consumers' recognition of Korean food and the image of the Korean agri-food industry, to establish an export strategy. Research design, data, and methodology - This study targeted 2,800 adult men and women aged 25-59 years living in four major cities in China (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Qingdao) with a household income within the top 10% level in the China, using the one-to-one interview survey method. In addition, four groups by region (eight people per group) for a total of 32 groups were surveyed by using the focus group interview (FGI) research method, and impressions of imported agri-food were surveyed using 17 questions about fresh agri-food and 22 questions on processed agri-food. Factor analysis, brand positioning, biplot analysis, and so on, were carried out based on the results of these surveys. This research presents the brand identity of Korean food; according to the analyses, the brand identity is based on trust, safety, and attractiveness. Result - Factor analysis results showed that Chinese consumers expect four major qualities in imported fresh agri-food: freshness/safety, attractive appearance, premium branding, and excellent taste/quality. In the case of processed agri-food, it turned out that Chinese consumers are focused on safety/hygiene/freshness, health, and taste. In addition, in the fresh agri-food analysis by country, American foods had the upper hand; the image of American foods was also recognized as the most positive for processed agri-food. Meanwhile, according to the biplot analysis, Korean agri-food is strongly preferred for its appearance, but no country is strongly preferred as regards the level of freshness/safety that is expected by Chinese consumers. Conclusions - In this study, we analyzed the image of imported agri-food expected by Chinese consumers by reconstructing agri-food characteristics from the brand perspective. The research result shows that a Korean brand identity must be the ultimate goal for activities undertaken to enhance the image of Korean agri-food in the future. Additional research is needed because brand image can be formed through various channels.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.161-181
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• 2010

본 연구는 국가이미지와 기능적 속성 및 브랜드개성이 미(美) 중(中) 인(印) 소비자들의 한국 자동차 선택에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 분석하기 위한 목적으로 실시되었으며, 실증분석 결과 나타난 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 미국 소비자들이 한국 자동차 선택시 중국 및 인도 소비자들에 비해 국가이미지와 브랜드개성의 영향을 더 많이 받는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 3개국 소비자들 모두 다른 두 요인에 비해 기능적 속성의 영향을 더 많이 받는 것으로 나타났으며, 이중 중국 소비자들이 미국 및 인도 소비자들에 비해 상대적으로 기능적 속성의 영향을 더 많이 받는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구결과가 시사하는 바는, 미(美) 중(中) 인(印) 소비자들이 정도의 차이는 있지만, 한국 자동차 선택에 있어 국가이미지와 기능적 속성뿐 아니라 브랜드개성의 영향을 함께 받는다는 것이다. 이러한 점을 감안할 때 해외시장에 진출하고자 하는 한국 자동차 기업들은 독특하고 개성있는 브랜드 개발이 필요함을 암시한다. 특히 이러한 브랜드 이미지가 한국의 국가이미지를 잘 나타낼 수 있을 때 소비자들의 충성도는 더 높아질 것이다.

• 영미문화
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.53-92
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• 2018

This essay aims to examine chick lit written within the Asian American context. For the most part, the chick lit genre has been typically regarded as a site to study contemporary white women's experiences and to debate the genres' credentials as feminist literature. Though some may disagree, there is general consensus that chick lit has fallen out of vogue after reaching its peak in the first decade of the new millenium.; nevertheless, it is being revisited by readers and critics alike as it has recently re-emerged as a location upon which to examine how race and gender inform notions of national belonging and female subject formation in the twenty-first century. To this end, this essay reads Kim Wong Keltner's The Dim Sum of All Things (2004). Keltner's protagonist Lindsey Owyang is yet another twentysomething "chick" looking for love, self, independence, and success in the huge megalopolis of San Francisco. What sets Lindsey apart from the chick prototype is that she is a third-generation ABC (American-born Chinese) and issues relevant to Asian America frequently make their way into Lindsey's narrative. Though it is generally considered as standing a "few notches above the standard chick-lit fare" (Stover n. pag), I would argue that meaningful reflections on many of the major pillars of Asian American literature, history, and cultural politics are glossed over in favor of cursory musings about the daily vicissitudes of Lindsey's life. This essay thus takes to task Ferriss's claim that a "serious" consideration of chick lit "brings into focus many of the issues facing contemporary women and contemporary culture - issues of identity, of race and class, of femininity and feminism, of consumerism and self-image" (2). I contend that a close examination of Keltner's The Dim Sum of All Things discloses that the chick lit format undermines a "serious consideration" of Asian American issues by presenting in particular a highly problematic representation of race and of Asian American femininity.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.669-680
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• 2008

Korea's national image can be delivered through cultural products, and cultural products can finally contribute to the affirmative attitude and recognition towards Korea. In an empirical study, a questionnaire was developed based on literature review and focus group interviews with foreigners who visit Korea were executed. Subjects of this study were foreign visitors from US, China, and Japan. Finally, a total of 247 copies were used for analyses. Descriptive analyses, factor analysis, regression analysis, ANOVA, Duncan test, and paired sample t-test were conducted for data analysis, Results are as follows. Firstly, as a result of factor analysis, I found that there were seven factors to form the image of Korea; culture/art, openness, lechnology/quality, food culture, passionate narcissism, conservativeness, and pursuit of quality of life. Secondly, Several image factors were found to influence positively or negatively on their attitude toward fashion cultural products. Especially, culture/art factor was found to influence positively to Chinese and Japanese and lechnology/quality factor was found to influence positively to Japanese and American. Meanwhile, conservativeness factor was found to influence negatively to Chinese. This study will be of help to practitioners of the fashion cultural product industry for building marketing strategies whose target market is foreign visitors from different cultural backgrounds.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.34-43
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• 2014

중국 수용자들은 아이치이, 유쿠, 러스왕, PPTV 등 온라인 동영상 서비스 같은 미디어 환경의 변화로 여러 채널을 통해 한국, 미국, 일본, 영국, 태국, 인도 등 다양한 국가의 드라마, 영화, 오락 프로그램 등을 선택, 시청할 수가 있다. 최근 다양한 장르의 한국 대중문화가 중국에서 인기를 끌고 있는데, 이러한 현상은 중년 여성을 중심으로 한 드라마가 인기였던 초기 한류 시기(1997-200년대 초)와는 달리, 현재는 드라마뿐만 아니라 K-pop, 오락 프로그램 등 다양한 장르로 퍼져나갔고 인터넷 동영상 서비스를 통해 한국 대중문화를 접할 수 있게 되었다. 본 연구는 중국 80-90호우(后)의 외국 대중문화 수용태도를 파악하고자 한국, 미국, 일본 대중문화의 선호 장르와 이유, 선호 대중문화 및 국가 이미지를 비교분석하였다. 분석결과, 국가별 선호 장르와 이유에서의 유사점과 차이점을 발견할 수 있었으며, 선호 대중문화와 국가 이미지와의 밀접한 관계를 파악할 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과를 통해 중국에서의 한류의 지속가능한 발전 모색을 위한 기초자료로 사용하는데 기여하고자 한다.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.481-493
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• 2005

Reason for contemporary ethnic-look's remarkable world popularity is viewed as due to counteraction of disordered world conditions such as war, terror, and economic depression. These conditions led people to desire the returning to primitive human society where freedom and peace are preserved. The background of ethnic look emergence is influences of post-modernism, eastern and western culture hybrid, and ecology. This study will mainly focus on the analysis of present ethnic fashion trend and, with following to this, their images will be analyzed and categorized. The result of ethnic trend, especially that of Asian's and African's, from 2000 to 2005 is like this: representative Asian ethnic fashion tendency is focusing on Japanese and Chinese. In Japanese style, oversized silhouette was derived by Kimono and wide belt was appeared by influence of Kimono's Obi. Chinese ethic style are analyzed as adapting feministic silhouette and details from Chinese traditional clothes, Chipao. Additionally, in some of the Chinese ethnic-look, there are mixtures with Japanese, North American, and African's images. Mixing with pop images and ancient ones are also emerged. In the African ethnic look, people used colorful cloth and new materials which is considered as integration of primitives and modern science. From the study, it is possible to conclude that current modern ethnic fashion can be defined as blends with one country's image to the other, mixture with new technology, and acceptance to the multi-national folk fashion. These trends are widely revealed and extended in the world fashion. In the following result of the analysis, there were four outstanding images lying underneath in the present ethnic-look. That is eclectic, traditional, natural, and mysterious images.

• 한국조리학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.86-94
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 음식관광 브랜드 이미지가 국내외 관광객들에게 어떻게 인식되고 있는지를 파악하고, 음식관광 브랜드 이미지를 유형화시키는 도구인 다차원척도법을 이용하여 결과를 분석하였다. 연구목적 달성을 위해 국내외에 거주하는 해외 음식관광에 관심이 있는 잠재적 음식관광객을 대상으로 온 오프라인 설문조사를 통해 수거된 250개의 설문지에서 202개의 설문 응답이 분석에 사용되었다. 연구결과 첫째, 응답자들이 중요하다고 평가하는 8항목을 선택속성으로 추출하고, 국가별 이미지 평균을 분석하여 포지셔닝맵으로 시각화하였다. 둘째, 유사성 분석에서는 다섯 국가의 음식이 매우 유사하다고 응답하진 않았지만, 모든 국가가 서로 경쟁관계에 놓일 가능성이 높아 보였다. 둘째, 선택속성 항목들의 중요도 분석을 하였을 때, 음식의 맛(3.88), 국가이미지의 반영(3.82), 충분한 음식의 양(3.65)이 높은 수치가 나타났다. 평균값은 3.62로, 평균값보다 큰 것은 음식의 맛, 충분한 음식의 양, 국가이미지의 반영 총 3개로 나타났기에 잠재적 음식관광객은 음식을 선택할 시에 음식의 맛, 양, 국가이미지 반영의 유무를 우선으로 한다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 결과들은 음식관광을 활성화 브랜딩 전략에 시사점을 제공할 수 있으리라 사료된다.