Abstract

This article is concerned with the contested nature of nationalism expressed through sport. The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang offers some useful episodes where I can investigate a different type of Korean nationalism represented through sport. At this Winter Olympics, I observed four distinctive discourses on Korean identity being displayed via the winter sporting competition: 1) unified Korean ethnic nationalism, 2) South Korean state patriotic nationalism, 3) postcolonial anti-imperialist nationalism, and 4) cosmopolitan Korean identity. The four variants of nationalism were vying for the dominant position in the hierarchy of South Korean politics, and the Winter Olympics presented a platform on which each nationalist group asserts the legitimacy of their sense of nationhood. Therefore, I conclude that the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang was not simply a physical contest between athletes but more importantly, was a field of the hegemonic struggle between adherents of different nationalistic views.

摘要

本文关注的是通过体育表达的民族主义的竞争性质。2018 年平昌冬奥会提供了一些有用的片段，我可以在其中调查以体育为代表的不同类型的韩国民族主义。在本届冬奥会上，我观察到通过冬季体育比赛展示的关于韩国身份的四种不同话语：1）统一的朝鲜族民族主义，2）韩国国家爱国民族主义，3）后殖民反帝民族主义，以及 4）国际化的韩国身份. 民族主义的四种变体正在争夺韩国政治等级中的主导地位，而冬奥会提供了一个平台，每个民族主义团体都可以在这个平台上维护其民族意识的合法性。所以，