#12883. Gendered Migration, Gendered Morality: South Korean Men in Intimate Relationships with Filipinas in the Philippines

2022publication date
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Abstract:
This article focuses on Korean male migrants who have heterosexual relationships with local women in the Philippines. Research on sex tourism and interracial partnerships has addressed male partners’ rationalising narratives to disassociate themselves from sex tourists. Yet cases of South Korean male migrants to the Philippines require an additional analytic lens to understand how nation intersects with the realm of intimacy in a transnational context. By highlighting how the South Korean men with Filipina partners have been labelled ‘ugly Koreans’ who are harming the country’s national prestige abroad, this study explores the ways that nationalistic sentiment shapes the moral hierarchy among male migrants inside the diaspora based on their partnership. Furthermore, through an analysis of the narrative strategies of South Korean men with Filipina partners, this paper argues that they do not simply prove their innocence but denounce public surveillance by situating their relationship within the private realm of love.
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Interracial Partnership; Love; Nationalism; South Korea; the Philippines

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