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

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Erik Ropers, Erik (Towson University Ropers
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367663384
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66338-4
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Japan, Korea, Ethnic Studies, History: theory & methods, HISTORY / Asia / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, HISTORY / Asia / Korea, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, History and Archaeology, History: theory and methods