Erik Ropers

Voices of the Korean Minority in Postwar Japan

Histories Against the Grain

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781138609358
• ISBN-10: 1138609358
• Artikelnr.: 54875650

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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