Article ID: CBB351193502

Placing Image and Practice in Tension: South Korean Nurses, Medical Pedagogy, and the Indiana University Bloomington Nursing Program, 1958–1962 (December 2017)

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DiMoia, John P. (Author)


East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Volume: 11
Issue: 4
Pages: 499-518


Publication Date: December 2017
Edition Details: Special issue of the journal: From Postcolonial to Subimperial Formations of Medicine: Superregional Perspectives from Taiwan and Korea
Language: English

In the aftermath of the Korean War (1950–53), the symbolic and material reconstruction of South Korea began, with much of the relief work assumed under the broad banner of the United Nations and its various affiliates and with a wide range of international aid and relief organizations participating. With this dramatic increase in the areas of new medical infrastructure, training, and pedagogy, it remains surprising that much of the scholarship to date has focused largely on medical practitioners and their contributions to a rebuilding nation, that is, the Korean domestic context almost exclusively, suggesting a strong degree of continuity with the past. For South Korean nurses, this period (1954 to early 1960s) would see a radical reconfiguring of their professional practice, along with that of doctors, and, more important, their patterns of movement, as international migration to the United States and Europe was enhanced by changes to immigration law in and following 1965. Even before this change, however, Korean nurses began traveling abroad for further education and professional development, with the Korean War opening up numerous opportunities consistent with such aims. To borrow the language of historian Young-Sun Hong, medical personnel were rapidly becoming mobilized as a critical part of a much larger “global humanitarian regime,” one consistent with the work of Catherine Cineza Choy on medical migration of Filipino nurses.

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Article Wang, Hsui-Yun (2017) Postcolonial Knowledge from Empires: The Beginnings of Menstrual Education in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s. East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (pp. 519-540). unapi

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Article Kim, Jane S. H. (2017) Penile Necrosis, Military Medicine, and South Korean Participation in the Vietnam War, 1964–1973. East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (pp. 541-561). unapi

Article Liu, Jennifer A. (2017) Postcolonial Biotech: Taiwanese Conundrums and Subimperial Desires. East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (pp. 563-588). unapi

Article Liu, Michael Shiyung (2017) Transforming Medical Paradigms in 1950s Taiwan. East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (pp. 477-497). unapi

Article Chiang, Howard (2017) From Postcolonial to Subimperial Formations of Medicine: Superregional Perspectives from Taiwan and Korea. East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (pp. 469-475). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sánchez Sánchez, Esther M.
Kang, Yeonsil
Muminov, Sherzod
Seohyun Park
Taomo Zhou
Emmanuel Comte
Concepts
Cold War
Cross-national interaction
International relations
Migration
Nurses and nursing
International cooperation
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
Places
Korea
United States
Vietnam
Japan
China
Soviet Union
Institutions
International Red Cross
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