Korean Miners in Japanese Literature: Between Constrained Silence and Risk of Trivialisation
Japanese coal mines employed large numbers of Koreans between 1939 and 1945, many torn from their homeland by force and subjected to discrimination. Their presence in the mines marks a dark page in Japanese history, symptomatic of the colonial period. This episode has been explored repeatedly in Jap...
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| الحاوية / القاعدة: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cjs, |
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| التنسيق: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| اللغة: | Anglais |
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Cipango - French Journal of Japanese Studies
2023
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| الملخص: | Japanese coal mines employed large numbers of Koreans between 1939 and 1945, many torn from their homeland by force and subjected to discrimination. Their presence in the mines marks a dark page in Japanese history, symptomatic of the colonial period. This episode has been explored repeatedly in Japanese-language literature, by Korean and Japanese writers alike. However, approaches to the subject differ significantly according to the authors’ origins and the periods in which they were writing. This article shows that the topic remains taboo among Korean writers, despite their community being directly concerned. In contrast, Japanese writers deal squarely with the presence of Korean miners and the treatment meted out to them. The testimonies penned by Japanese authors also show a shift towards heavily fictionalised narratives. |
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