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Rethinking Historical Injustice and Reconciliation in Northeast Asia The Korean Experience
Introduction Soon-Won Park, Daqing Yang, and Gi-Wook Shin Part 1: Coming to Terms with the Darker Past in Korea Section 1: The Counter-Narratives and Voices of World War II: An Update 1. The Korean "Comfort Women" Tragedy as Structural Violence Chunghee Sarah Soh 2. The Resignification of the "Comfort Women" through NGO Trials Hideko Mitsui 3. The Politics of Remembrance: The case of Korean Forced Laborers in World War II Soon-Won Park Section 2: Democratization and Domestic Historical Injustice 4. The War against the "Enemy Within": Hidden Massacres in the Early Stages of the Korean War Dong-Choon Kim 5. Justice Incomplete: The Remedies for the Victims of Jeju April Third Incidents Tae Ung Baik 6. From Seoul to Saigon: Gook Meets Charlie Kyung-Yoong Bay Part 2: Toward a Northeast Asian Approach to Historical Injustice? Section 3: Korean Experience in Comparative Perspective 7. The Aesthetic Construction of Ethnic Nationalism: War Memorial Museums in Korea and Japan Hong Kal 8. Difficult Neighbors: Japan and North Korea Gavan McCormack 9. Dynamics of Denial: Responses to Past Atrocities in Germany, Turkey, and Japan John Torpey Section 4: Reconciliation and Regional Cooperation 10. A Strong State, Weak Civil Society and Cold War Geopolitics: Why Japan Lags behind Europe in Confronting a Negative Past Andrew Horvat 11. Pop Culture, Public Memory and Korean-Japanese Relations Chiho Sawada 12. Economic Integration and Reconciliation in Northeast Asia: Possibilities and Limitations Wonhyuk Lim Epilogue: Lessons and Future Soon-Won Park, Daqing Yang, and Gi-Wook Shin
Biography
Gi-Wook Shin, Soon-Won Park, Daqing Yang
'This volume should inspire stimulating discussions in university courses and it is highly reccomended to anyone interested in modern East Asia.' - Guy Podoler, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 80, No. 3, Fall 2007
