중앙아시아 코슬림(한국 이주 무슬림 2세)들의 정체성과 생활세계에 대한 연구

Abstract

International marriage has grown rapidly in Korea since the late 1990s, and this phenomenon is especially common in rural farming communities. Most brides come from China, followed by Vietnam and other southeast Asian countries. However, there are certain number of Muslim bride coming to Korea. There are about 100 thousand muslim peoples living in Korean society. Among them 2.92% are Muslim immigrants' intermarriage with the Koreans. As a result, there are growing number of muslim brides and bridegroom settling in Korea,which would eventually create muslim families in growing Korean multi-cultural societies. Since the new millenium, the term Kosian is widely spoken in Korean society. The term, Kosian was first coined in 1997 by inter-cultural families to refer to themselves. The term is most commonly applied to children from the mix-marriage between the Korean and Asian migrant. It indicated the multi-cultural family which mixes Korean and other Asian cultures. As mentioned, its use spread in the early 2000s as international marriages became more common in rural areas. Currently such children make up about 0.5% of children born in Korea, however, some projections suggest that this will grow to 30% by 2020. This trend is partly due to the low birthrate in South Korea, and partly to rising rates of international marriage. Today,there are approximately 30,000 Kosians in Korean society. Bearing this in mind, this study specify its research on the muslim fixed family by focusing on the offsprings of the muslim background. Our research team has created the new term on such research subject by using Koslim. Koslim is a 1.5 and 2nd generation from the Muslim back ground family living in Korea. Among the various Koslim groups,this paper is focusing on the Central Asian Koslim issues, particularly. Since the researcher is from the Turkic Studies background, it was easier for the researcher to investigate the Central Asian Koslim and Central Asian marriage immigrants in Korea. By utilizing the personal network with the Central Asian Muslims, this research attempt to illustrate the life of the Central Asian families and their offsprings,Koslim. Based on fieldwork among Uzbek, Kazak, and Kyrgyz background Koslim families, this research tried to examine the identity and social environment of Koslim families in Korea. It will not only overview the present status of the Central Asian Koslim families in Korea but also will try to show the problems and struggle in the Korean Society. By doing so, this research tries to fill the gap where multi-cultural studies of the Korea has missed and overlooked. To be sure, this research is pioneer research on the Central Asian Muslim families and their offsprings. Thus further and detail research needs to be conducted in near future.