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Informationen zum Autor Nayoung Aimee Kwon Klappentext Nayoung Aimee Kwon examines the Japanese language literature written by Koreans during late Japanese colonialism. She demonstrates that simply characterizing that literature as collaborationist obscures the complicated relationship these authors had with colonialism, modernity, and identity, as well as the relationship between colonizers and the colonized. Zusammenfassung Nayoung Aimee Kwon examines the Japanese language literature written by Koreans during late Japanese colonialism. She demonstrates that simply characterizing that literature as collaborationist obscures the complicated relationship these authors had with colonialism! modernity! and identity! as well as the relationship between colonizers and the colonized. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix On Naming, Romanization, and Translations xiii 1. Colonial Modernity and the Conundrum of Representation 1 2. Translating Korean Literature 17 3. A Minor Writer 41 4. Into the Light 59 5. Colonial Abject 80 6. Performing Colonial Kitsch 99 7. Overhearing Transcolonial Roundtables 131 8. Turning Local 154 9. Forgetting Manchurian Memories 174 10. Paradox of Postcoloniality 195 Notes 213 Bibliography 247 Index 263
