에이미 판의 『우리는 결코 만나지 않았어야 한다』: 환대 속의 인종주의와 절대적 타자화
Aimee Phan’s We Should Never Meet: Racism and Absolute Otherization in Hospitality
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The paper aims to investigate the portrayal of Vietnamese orphans as both racial and absolute others in Aimee Phan’s We Should Never Meet. Drawing on Jacques Derrida’s concept of hospitality, that categorizes foreigners based on their assimilability of distinguishes foreigners from absolute others according to the assimilability into American society, this paper focuses on the two main characters Kim and Vinh. The individuals, adopted through the Operation Babylift with the promises of American citizenship in new families, that initially embraced them as foreigners, revealing a shift from hospitality to a perception of them as absolute “others” associated with savagery. Against the backdrop of a racialized American political landscape and a recurring pattern of adoption dissolution, Kim and Vinh come to accept their identity not as American citizens or foreigners but as absolute “others.” This paper explores the nuanced dynamics that contribute to their repositioning and sheds light on the complex intersections of race, adoption, and identity in the narrative.
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The paper aims to investigate the portrayal of Vietnamese orphans as both racial and absolute others in Aimee Phan’s We Should Never Meet. Drawing on Jacques Derrida’s concept of hospitality, that categorizes foreigners based on their assimilability of distinguishes foreigners from absolute others according to the assimilability into American society, this paper focuses on the two main characters Kim and Vinh. The individuals, adopted through the Operation Babylift with the promises of American citizenship in new families, that initially embraced them as foreigners, revealing a shift from hospitality to a perception of them as absolute “others” associated with savagery. Against the backdrop of a racialized American political landscape and a recurring pattern of adoption dissolution, Kim and Vinh come to accept their identity not as American citizens or foreigners but as absolute “others.” This paper explores the nuanced dynamics that contribute to their repositioning and sheds light on the complex intersections of race, adoption, and identity in the narrative.
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