Colonial Modernity In Korea; Editor: Shin, Gi-Wook; Editor: Robinson, Michael; Hardback; Book

Editor: Shin, Gi-Wook; Editor: Robinson, Michael
Series#:184; Harvard East Asian Monographs; Hardback; Book; 7 Illustrations, 2 Maps, 14 Tables
476 pages
Published: January 2000
Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674142551

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 inthe 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 natioSeeking to overcome the nationalist paradigm of Japanese repression/exploitation versus Korean resistance that has dominated the study of Korea's colonial period (1910-1945), this text adopts a pluralistic approach that stresses the relations among colonialism, modernity and nationalism.