Korean Nuclear Diaspora

Yuko Takahashi

doi:10.5771/9781666935769

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Korean Nuclear Diaspora: Redress Movements of Korean Atomic-bomb Victims in Japan comprehensively explores the history of Korean victims of the 1945 atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Following the bombings and Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule, these Korean atomic-bomb victims dispersed across Japan, South Korea, and North Korea, and have often been left without any relief or redress for decades. Focusing on those Korean victims living in Japan, the author thoroughly examines how they have struggled to achieve recognition and support. Based on intensive fieldwork, archival research, and interviews with key figures from the Korean redress movement, this book analyzes how their movements have been significantly affected and constrained by the Cold War, unresolved colonial relations between Korea and Japan, nationalistic tensions between North Korea, South Korea, and Japan, and the national division both in the Korean Peninsula and within the Korean community in Japan. Despite these difficulties, the redress movements of Korean nuclear victims in Japan were sustained by their unique ideal of national “unification” and joint efforts with Korean and Japanese citizens, the history of which can deconstruct the mainstream narratives of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Copyrightjahr: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-3575-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-3576-9
Verlag: Lexington, Lanham
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 208
Produkttyp: Monographie

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1. Dedication Kein Zugriff
2. Contents Kein Zugriff
3. Editorial Notes Kein Zugriff
4. Acknowledgments Kein Zugriff
5. 1. Korean Atomic-Bomb Victims in Japan and Their Distinctive Redress Movements Kein Zugriff
  2. Zainichi Koreans: An Ethnic Minority Inseparable from the Divided Nation Kein Zugriff
  3. Another Contentious Term: “Hibakusha” Kein Zugriff
  4. 1. Japan’s Colonial Rule and “Japanese Orientalism” Kein Zugriff
    2. Nationalisms of the Colonizers and the Colonized Kein Zugriff
    3. The Bamboo Curtain Came Down in East Asia Kein Zugriff
    4. The Cold War and Japanese Nationalisms Kein Zugriff
    5. The National Division and Korean Nationalisms Kein Zugriff
    6. The Unique Nationalism of Zainichi Koreans Kein Zugriff
  5. Predicaments Faced by Zainichi Korean Hibakusha Kein Zugriff
  6. Zainichi Korean Hibakusha’s Endeavors Kein Zugriff
  7. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. Becoming “Zainichi” Kein Zugriff
2. Koreans in Pre-1945 Hiroshima Kein Zugriff
3. Koreans in Pre-1945 Nagasaki Kein Zugriff
4. Under the Mushroom Clouds Kein Zugriff
5. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. The Japanese Hibakusha Movement and “A-bombed Nationalism” Kein Zugriff
2. Korean Hibakusha in Japan: Divided and Constrained Kein Zugriff
3. Korean Hibakusha in South Korea: Forerunners of Overseas Hibakusha Movements Kein Zugriff
4. Korean Hibakusha in North Korea: The Most Abandoned Overseas Hibakusha Kein Zugriff
5. To Achieve Redress for All Korean Hibakusha Kein Zugriff
6. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. Korean Hibakusha and the Bamboo Curtain Kein Zugriff
2. For Father, Compatriots, and the Nation: A Zainichi Korean Hibakusha Kein Zugriff
3. For the Former Colonized People in “My Homeland”: A Japanese Christian Medical Doctor Kein Zugriff
4. Acts of Japanese Christians Kein Zugriff
5. Missio Dei Materialized in Hiroshima: A Zainichi Korean Pastor Kein Zugriff
6. Conclusion: Not Transnational, but International Kein Zugriff
7. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. A “Loyal Subject of the Japanese Empire” Who Witnessed the “Inferno” Kein Zugriff
2. The Development of Identity as a “North Korean Living in Japan” Kein Zugriff
3. An Organization of Zainichi Hibakusha, by Zainichi Hibakusha, for Zainichi Hibakusha Kein Zugriff
4. The Qualitative and Geographical Expansion of Hiroshima Chohikyo’s Activities Kein Zugriff
5. Compatriot Hibakusha Left Abandoned in North Korea Kein Zugriff
6. Conclusion: Hard Borders for North Korean Hibakusha Kein Zugriff
7. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. Another Chohikyo in the Other A-bombed City of Nagasaki Kein Zugriff
2. Working with Japanese People Kein Zugriff
3. Digging Up the History of Korean Mine Workers Kein Zugriff
4. Two Zainichi Korean Hibakusha Mirroring the Two Koreas Kein Zugriff
5. The Ideological Constraint of Nagasaki Chohikyo Kein Zugriff
6. Conclusion: A Tunnel of Challenges toward a Glimmer of Light Kein Zugriff
7. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. The “Granite Curtain” of the Cold War Kein Zugriff
2. Inclusion and Differentiation Kein Zugriff
3. Local Heritage and World Heritage Kein Zugriff
4. A Cenotaph at the Margin Kein Zugriff
5. Trapped in the Cold War Plot Kein Zugriff
6. The Unsettled Responsibility for the Cenotaph, the Past, and the Future Kein Zugriff
7. Conclusion: Who to Commemorate? Who Commemorates? Kein Zugriff
8. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. Uninterrupted Enthusiasm Kein Zugriff
2. New Perspectives Kein Zugriff
3. Lessons Kein Zugriff
4. The Future of Zainichi Korean Hibakusha’s Movements Kein Zugriff
5. Notes Kein Zugriff
Appendix Kein Zugriff Seiten 171 - 178
1. Newspapers Kein Zugriff
Index Kein Zugriff Seiten 199 - 206
About the Author Kein Zugriff Seiten 207 - 208

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