Date of Award
Fall 2025
Thesis Type
Open Access
Degree Name
Honors Bachelor of Arts
Department
English
Sponsor
Dr. Martha Cheng
Committee Member
Dr. Andrés Romero
Committee Member
Dr. Paul Reich
Abstract
This paper explores how two authors with Korean heritage use similar metaphors to write about the same historical traumas. I engage close readings of two novels—Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko and Yu Miri’s The End of August—to interrogate how each author uses images of food/food preparation as well as images of sexual encounters to draw links between exploited bodies and exploited land. Ultimately, I find that the differences in these two authors’ approaches reflect their distance from modern centers of empire. This reminds us of the importance of having a diverse literary and historical canon that centers on authors who have proximity to the issues that they are writing about.
Recommended Citation
Kelly, Jack, "Consumptive Femininity: (De)constructions of Gender and Colonization in Korean Diaspora Literature" (2025). Honors Program Theses. 280.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/honors/280
Rights Holder
Jack Kelly
Included in
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