Colonial Modernity in Korea (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

The twelve chapters in this volume seek to overcome the nationalist paradigm of Japanese repression and exploitation versus Korean resistance that has dominated the study of Korea's colonial period (1910-1945) by adopting a more inclusive, pluralistic approach that stresses the complex relations among colonialism, modernity, and nationalism. By addressing such diverse subjects as the colonial legal system, radio, telecommunications, the rural economy, and industrialization and the formation of industrial labor, one group of essays analyzes how various aspects of modernity emerged in the colonial context and how they were mobilized by the Japanese for colonial domination, with often unexpected results. A second group examines the development of various forms of identity from nation to gender to class, particularly how aspects of colonial modernity facilitated their formation through negotiation, contestation, and redefinition. The Study Of Korea During The Colonial Period (1910-45) Has Long Been Dominated By The Nationalist Paradigms Of Japanese Imperialist Repression Versus Korean Nationalist Resistance, Colonial Exploitation Versus National Development, And Japanese Culture Versus Korean Culture. The Twelve Chapters In This Volume Seek To Overcome The Limitations Of These Binaries By Adopting A More Inclusive, Pluralistic Approach That Stresses The Complex Relations Among Colonialism, Modernity, And Nationalism And Sees Them Not As Opposites But As A Mutually Reinforcing Web Of Relations That Continues To Influence Korea Today.--book Jacket. Modernity, Legality, And Power In Korea Under Japanese Rule / Chulwoo Lee --t Broadcasting, Cultural Hegemony, And Colonial Modernity In Korea, 1924-1945 / Michael Robinson -- Colonial Corporatism: The Rural Revitalization Campaign, 1932-1940 / Gi-wook Shin, ßr Do-hyun Han - The Limits Of Cultural Rule: Internationalism And Identity In Japanese Responses To Korean Rice / Michael A. Schneider -- Colonial Industrial Growth And The Emergence Of The Korean Working Class / Soon-won Park -- Colonial Korea In Japan's Imperial Telecommunications Network / Daqing Yang -- The Price Of Legitimacy: Women And The Kæunuhoe Movement, 1927-1931 / Kenneth M. Wells -- Neither Colonial Nor National: The Making Of The New Woman In Pak Wansæo's Mother's Stake 1 / Kyeong-hee Choi -- Interior Landscapes: Yi Kwangsu's The Heartless And The Origins Of Modern Literature / Michael D. Shin -- National Identity And The Creation Of The Category Peasant In Colonial Korea / Clark Sorenson -- In Search Of Human Rights: The Paekchæong Movement In Colonial Korea / Joong-seop Kim -- Minjok As A Modern And Democratic Construct: Sin Ch'aeho's Historiography / Henry H. Em -- Epilogue: Exorcising Hegel's Ghosts: Toward A Postnationalist Historiography Of Korea / Carter J. Eckert. Gi-wook Shin And Michael Robinson, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [381]-454) And Index. Frontmatter Preface (page vii) Contributors (page xi) Introduction: Rethinking Colonial Korea (Gi-Wook Shin and Michael Robinson, page 1) Part I: Colonial Modernity and Hegemony 1 Modernity, Legality, and Power in Korea Under Japanese Rule (Chulwoo Lee, page 21) 2 Broadcasting, Cultural Hegemony, and Colonial Modernity in Korea, 1924-1945 (Michael Robinson, page 52) 3 Colonial Corporatism: The Rural Revitalization Campaign, 1932-1940 (Gi-Wook Shin and Do-Hyun Han, page 70) 4 The Limits of Cultural Rule: Internationalism and Identity in Japanese Responses to Korean Rice (Michael A. Schneider, page 97) 5 Colonial Industrial Growth and the Emergence of the Korean Working Class (Soon-Won Park, page 128) 6 Colonial Korea in Japan's Imperial Telecommunications Network (Daqing Yang, page 161) Part II: Colonial Modernity and Identity 7 The Price of Legitimacy: Women and the Kŭnuhoe Movement, 1927-1931 (Kenneth M. Wells, page 191) 8 Neither Colonial nor National: The Making of the "New Woman" in Pak Wansŏ's "Mother's Stake 1" (Kyeong-Hee Choi, page 221) 9 Interior Landscapes: Yi Kwangsu's The Heartless and the Origins of Modern Literature (Michael D. Shin, page 248) 10 National Identity and the Creation of the Category "Peasant" in Colonial Korea (Clark Sorensen, page 288) 11 In Search of Human Rights: The Paekchŏng Movement in Colonial Korea (Joong-Seop Kim, page 311) 12 Minjok as a Modern and Democratic Construct: Sin Ch'aeho's Historiography (Henry H. Em, page 336) Epilogue: Exorcising Hegel's Ghosts: Toward a Postnationalist Historiography of Korea (Carter J. Eckert, page 363) Notes (page 381) Index (page 455) This volume seeks to shed new light on the nationalist paradigm of Japanese repression and exploitation that has dominated the study of Korea's colonial period (1910-1945). The authors adopt a more inclusive, pluralistic approach that stresses the complex relations among colonialism, modernity, and nationalism.