donga.com[English donga]:
Heo La-geum, professor of women’s studies at Ewha, says she often sees students who do not use their surnames in her classes. “In certain cases, people used the surnames of both parents to protest the patriarchal family system, but some criticized that using the surname itself is jus sanguinis,” she said.
“Since Korean culture has been heavily influenced by the Confucian practice of stressing blood ties, some are trying not to use their surnames as part of a cultural campaign.”
Some Asian societies, however, have not yet adopted surnames, as we have seen in some Sri Lankan cricketers, who simply have one name.
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I used to think of colonial and post-colonial like you used here. A Nigerian friend said he thought the definitions were wrong and should be colonial, anti-colonial and finally post-colonial. What I think you are seeing here is not post-confusionism but anti-confusionism which is a stepping stone towards, but not yest reached, post-confusionism.
And I still haven't managed to get hold of a copy of Said's Orientalism. which I'm told will reveal all.
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