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Revisiting Korean Slums in Postwar Japan: Tongne and Hakkyo in the Zainichi Memoryscape

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2021

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Sayaka Chatani*
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Sayaka Chatani ([email protected]) is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore.
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Abstract

Korean shantytowns existed in every large Japanese city from the postwar years through the late 1960s. Japanese people recall them as secluded, dirty, impoverished, and dangerous. To many scholars, their existence confirms the transwar continuity of Japanese oppression of underclass ethnic minorities. But zainichi Koreans who grew up in such slums, which they called tongne, offer inspirational stories and fond memories of living there. This article sheds light on Koreans’ postwar experiences by discussing the important sociopolitical functions of the tongne and their continuing symbolism among the zainichi population. Viewing the tongne as zainichi's postliberation place of origin and paying attention to the reproduction of its meanings in hakkyo (schools) helps us understand the uneven terrain of power relationships in zainichi society, including why the Chongryun exercised great cultural power at least until the 1970s.

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American OccupationChongryundecolonizationemotionsethnic identityKorean criminalityKorean schoolsmemorypostwar Japanzainichi
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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 80 , Issue 3 , August 2021 , pp. 587 - 610
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc., 2021

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