Writ in Stone: Death, Language, and the Politics of National Identity.

This paper is a theoretical analysis of the language used on gravestones for Korean immigrants on the Island of Hawai'i. The author begins by problematizing the concept of nationalism, and draws a parallel between the socio-political situation in India and how there is a similar trajectory of misogyny that has developed in South Korea where a congruous misconceptualization of gender dates back to the start of the Independence Movement in 1919. The author then proceeds to "read" gravestones of Korean from this critical perspective and ends with a move towards a theoretical recovery of a woman's voice and a woman's historical perspective that were "erased" by the simultaneously nationalistic and patriarchal culture surrounding the creation of gravestones. The essay is followed by suggestions for peer-led discussion and a writing prompt for educators who seek to engage in a multinational and multidisciplinary approach to colonialism and its links to gendered and other social identifies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]