1st Edition
Voices of the Korean Minority in Postwar Japan Histories Against the Grain
By Erik Ropers
Copyright 2019
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Shedding new light on how the histories of z ainichi Koreans have been written, consumed, and discussed, this book addresses the roots of postwar debates concerning the wartime experiences of Koreans in Japan. Providing an overview of the complicated historiography, it explores the experiences of Koreans located at Ground Zero in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as the history and... Read more
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
Biography
Erik Ropers is Associate Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies at Towson University, USA.
