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Short Analysis on Laura Nelson’s Measured Excess: Status, Gender and Consumer Nationalism in South Korea. ... Like Rosaldo and Clifford, Laura Nelson also works in the tradition of writing as a self-reflective anthropologist. In Measured Excess: Status, Gender and Consumer Nationalism in South Korea, Nelson does not allow her voice to heavily influence the reader, rather she presents various narratives and perspectives to vividly discuss the changing elements in South Korea’s consumer consumption. Although Nelson provides a wide rage of subjects that illustrate the changes in consumer consumption, I decided to limit my analysis to the narratives of one particular subject in her book that discusses how western influences have changed the traditions of food in South Korea. ... I value Nelson’s ability as a self-reflexive anthropologist to use these various narratives to provide different types of information through different voices to broaden her analysis. ... I chose Nelson’s discussion on the topic of food because I feel that it significantly demonstrates an example of her innovative writing style as a self-reflexive anthropologist. ... In this way, I will explain how Nelson demonstrates she is a self-reflexive anthropologist through her insightful and informative employment of the public narrative, her narrative and the people’s narrative on the subject of food. First of all, Laura Nelson provides various narratives from public discourse that emphasize the relevance of food in the preservation of the Korean tradition. Lee, a professor of Korean literature, saw in scorched-rice tea and makkoli “the history of poverty and oppression” (Nelson 76). ... Food scholar, Yu Tae-Jong, also emphasizes the importance of food as a connection to Korea’s past and explains how kimchi allow Koreans to “feel at home” (Nelson 76). Nelson also provides an excerpt from a popular women’s magazine that states how Korea’s “fermented foods carry with them a history and enigmatic character” (77). Nelson uses these public narratives to allow the reader to understand the importance of food to Korea’s tradition, which accordingly allows the reader to understand the relevance of the changes of food consumption in South Korea. |
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