Voices of the Korean Minority in Postwar Japan: Histories Against the Grain

ISBN-13: 9780367663384 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 228 str.

Erik Ropers

Opis

Shedding new light on how the histories of zainichi Koreans have been written, consumed, and discussed, this book addresses the roots of postwar debates concerning the wartime experiences of Koreans in Japan.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Foundational Narratives of Forced Recruitment and Forced Labor 3. History and the Politics of Testimony: Koreans Are/not Victims of Forced Recruitment 4. Contested Spaces of Ethnicity: zainichi Korean Accounts of the Atomic Bombings 5. Journalists’ and Citizens’ Debates: Early Narratives of Enforced Military Prostitution 6. Telling the Story Today: Problematizing the so-called "Comfort Women Issue" Epilogue

O autorze

Erik Ropers is Associate Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies at Towson University, USA.