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Condition
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Release Year
2001
ISBN
9780801438547
Book Title
Under the Black Umbrella : Voices from Colonial Korea, 1910-1945
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2001
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Hildi Kang
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, Literary Collections, History
Topic
Asian / General, Asia / Japan, Sociology / General, Asia / Korea, World / Asian
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
192 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
0801438543
ISBN-13
9780801438547
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1761111

Product Key Features

Book Title
Under the Black Umbrella : Voices from Colonial Korea, 1910-1945
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
Asian / General, Asia / Japan, Sociology / General, Asia / Korea, World / Asian
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, Literary Collections, History
Author
Hildi Kang
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
00-011299
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
In this riveting and highly informative collection of oral histories, Kang has intricately woven together these voices into an impressive history of the Japanese colonial period that tells the story of people who lived their lives under the duress of the Japanese.... This is an important book and sheds light on areas not often covered in other works. Most assuredly, Kang's book is a valuable addition to the growing body of works on the Japanese colonial period. The 'voices' that Kang has collected for her book present a fresh view, not to mention a clearer picture of this period of Korean history., The recollections that Kang collected contribute an essential (but to date neglected) ingredient to our understanding of Korea's colonial history. Their contents disturb the neat package that pits the colonizing (Japanese) aggressor against the colonized (Korean) victim., It is often said that Japan's colonial ventures produced two contrasting legacies: bitterness in Korea and positive memories in Taiwan. This book argues that Koreans had in fact more mixed experiences.
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
951.903
Table Of Content
Preface: Collecting the Interviews Acknowledgements Conventions Used Introduction1. First EncountersPART I: CHANGE BY CHOICE 2. Shouts of Independence 3. A Map Changed My Life?Hong Ulsu 4. Choosing an Education 5. Through the Eye of a Needle?Kang Pyongju 6. Business Ventures and Adventures 7. I Almost Went to Canada?Yi OkhyonPART II: CHANGE BY COERCION 8. A Red Line Marks My Record?Yi Hajon 9. Passive Resistance 10. Thought Police Stay for Dinner?Yu Hyegyong 11. Becoming Japanese 12. Drafted to the Kobe Shipyards?Chong Chaesu 13. The War Effort 14. Mansei Korea Forever?Ten Thousand YearsAPPENDIXES A. The Interviews B. Bringing the Stories Up to Date, 1945-1997 C. Historical Overview, 1850-1945Notes Bibliography Index of Proper Names, Preface: Collecting the Interviews Acknowledgements Conventions Used Introduction1. First EncountersPART I: CHANGE BY CHOICE 2. Shouts of Independence 3. A Map Changed My Life--Hong Ulsu 4. Choosing an Education 5. Through the Eye of a Needle--Kang Pyongju 6. Business Ventures and Adventures 7. I Almost Went to Canada--Yi OkhyonPART II: CHANGE BY COERCION 8. A Red Line Marks My Record--Yi Hajon 9. Passive Resistance 10. Thought Police Stay for Dinner--Yu Hyegyong 11. Becoming Japanese 12. Drafted to the Kobe Shipyards--Chong Chaesu 13. The War Effort 14. Mansei Korea Forever--Ten Thousand YearsAPPENDIXES A. The Interviews B. Bringing the Stories Up to Date, 1945-1997 C. Historical Overview, 1850-1945Notes Bibliography Index of Proper Names
Synopsis
Accessible and attractive narratives, linked by brief historical overviews, provide a large and fully textured view of Korea under Japanese rule., In the rich and varied life stories in Under the Black Umbrella , elderly Koreans recall incidents that illustrate the complexities of Korea during the colonial period. Hildi Kang here reinvigorates a period of Korean history long shrouded in the silence of those who endured under the "black umbrella" of Japanese colonial rule. Existing descriptions of the colonial period tend to focus on extremes: imperial repression and national resistance, Japanese subjugation and Korean, In the rich and varied life stories in Under the Black Umbrella , elderly Koreans recall incidents that illustrate the complexities of Korea during the colonial period. Hildi Kang here reinvigorates a period of Korean history long shrouded in the silence of those who endured under the "black umbrella" of Japanese colonial rule. Existing descriptions of the colonial period tend to focus on extremes: imperial repression and national resistance, Japanese subjugation and Korean suffering, Korean backwardness and Japanese progress. "Most people," Kang says, "have read or heard only the horror stories which, although true, tell only a small segment of colonial life."The varied accounts in Under the Black Umbrella reveal a truth that is both more ambiguous and more human--the small-scale, mundane realities of life in colonial Korea. Accessible and attractive narratives, linked by brief historical overviews, provide a large and fully textured view of Korea under Japanese rule. Looking past racial hatred and repression, Kang reveals small acts of resistance carried out by Koreans, as well as gestures of fairness by Japanese colonizers. Impressive for the history it recovers and preserves, Under the Black Umbrella is a candid, human account of a complicated time in a contested place., In the rich and varied life stories in Under the Black Umbrella , elderly Koreans recall incidents that illustrate the complexities of Korea during the colonial period. Hildi Kang here reinvigorates a period of Korean history long shrouded in the silence of those who endured under the "black umbrella" of Japanese colonial rule. Existing descriptions of the colonial period tend to focus on extremes: imperial repression and national resistance, Japanese subjugation and Korean suffering, Korean backwardness and Japanese progress. "Most people," Kang says, "have read or heard only the horror stories which, although true, tell only a small segment of colonial life." The varied accounts in Under the Black Umbrella reveal a truth that is both more ambiguous and more human--the small-scale, mundane realities of life in colonial Korea. Accessible and attractive narratives, linked by brief historical overviews, provide a large and fully textured view of Korea under Japanese rule. Looking past racial hatred and repression, Kang reveals small acts of resistance carried out by Koreans, as well as gestures of fairness by Japanese colonizers. Impressive for the history it recovers and preserves, Under the Black Umbrella is a candid, human account of a complicated time in a contested place.
LC Classification Number
DS916.54.H33 2001
Copyright Date
2013
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