Postcolonial nostalgias: Writing, representation and memory

Sandru, Cristina

doi:10.1080/17449855.2011.639937

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“…However, recent depictions of diaspora experiences have changed as descendants of immigrants have also developed different cultural practices in which they preserve, extend, and develop their originary cultures (Ashcroft et al, 2000). The different cultures, thus, create a sense of displacement, a sense of a familiar yet different cycle of living compared to that of the homeland (Walder, 2011). Apart from displacement, it can also be noticed that the film portrays the characters' going through the feeling of unhomeliness.…”

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“…The application of the narrative is seen through Jacob and Monica preserving Korean values in the family, but also developing it so that it could merge with the American dream. In a similar view, Walder (2011) finds that the merging of two cultures indicates nostalgia and the longing for the idealized past which results in an unending restlessness. The nostalgia, thus, applies to the scene mentioned below.…”

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“…Several other acts by Monica also indicate the nostalgia that she is longing to create a duplicate of her Korean home in the US. According to Walder (2011),…”

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“…The husband and wife, Jacob and Monica, fundamentally have different beliefs on the American dream and Korean culture. Walder (2011) states that past experiences have a significant effect on most recent beliefs when living abroad because when living abroad self-representation through memories of the past. This resonates with Jacob and Monica's situation in which they represent themselves differently.…”

Section: Home Elsewhere Represented By Soon-jamentioning

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Creating a Home Elsewhere: Diasporic Imagination in Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari

Fauziyah,

Manggong,

Maulana

2024

j.lang.lit.

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Minari, a film screened in 2020 directed by Lee Isaac Chung, presents a Korean immigrant family having moved to Arkansas in fulfilling their American dream at the cost of being displaced and out of place. By focusing on the attempt made by Jacob, the father, to recreate the imagined home which refers to South Korea, this study aims to show how the displacement and unhomeliness in the construction of diasporic imagination are displayed in the film. David, the son, not only feels out of place but is also obligated to feel a kind of belonging to both cultures. Jacob’s mother-in-law, Soon-Ja, having newly arrived in the US brings recent memories of home into the family that represent the Korean immigrant perspective of living in the US for the first time. This approach will show how the American film attempts to incorporate the new forms of portraying the ‘elsewhere’ which is an important characteristic of American dream narratives. The analysis is conducted by referring to Bhabha’s unhomeliness and Walder’s displacement in comprehending the contrast between the stereotypical characteristics of Korean immigrants and the American dream through the dialogues and scenes. We would like to argue that Minari follows the convention of the American dream narratives. However, due to displacement and unhomeliness, the film shows how Korean immigrants experience being awkwardly immersed within the mainstream American cultural discourse.

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Section: It [Nostalgia] Is a Relationship Defined In Part By The Mult...mentioning

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“…Several other acts by Monica also indicate the nostalgia that she is longing to create a duplicate of her Korean home in the US. According to Walder (2011),…”

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Section: Home Elsewhere Represented By Soon-jamentioning

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Creating a Home Elsewhere: Diasporic Imagination in Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari

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Manggong,

Maulana

2024

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“…The therapeutic use of nostalgia is not limited to its defensive interpretations but can also serve as intervention itself. Walder (2011) noted:…”

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What Ever Happened to Nostalgia (the Diagnosis)?

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Dube²

2021

J Nerv Ment Dis

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Nostalgia and homesickness are not currently regarded as mental disorders. The psychic pain associated with longing to return home had been considered a mental disorder for centuries, especially in Europe, where it was a sign of moral weakness between nations. Nostalgia's effects on American Civil War soldiers-anxiety, depression, and sleep and appetite disturbances, for examplewere described by clinicians and linked to significant morbidity and mortality. Since then, although these effects of combat have been of interest, focus has shifted to psychic trauma, relegating the concept of nostalgia to an unclassified but commonly encountered condition. Besides wartime trauma, symptomatic conditions related to nostalgia have been described among displaced persons and refugees living in the diaspora longing for their homelands (e.g., social displacement syndrome). More recently, nostalgia has pervaded culture as a benign pastime, with no implications for psychopathology. Finally, the longing for return to an idyllic or imagined lifestyle has returned amid worldwide quarantining and isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this new sense, nostalgia has become a remedy rather than a disease. We identify four major iterations of nostalgia: the medical condition of homesickness, the condition studied in wartime, the application to migration and social displacement, and as a remedy for existential anxiety. We conclude that nostalgia per se is neither pathological nor normative, but a consistent phenomenon in human existence that should not be overlooked in cultural assessment and psychotherapy.

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Postcolonial nostalgias: Writing, representation and memory

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Creating a Home Elsewhere: Diasporic Imagination in Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari

What Ever Happened to Nostalgia (the Diagnosis)?

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