The Mutual Gaze of Okinawans and Zainichi Koreans in Post-War Japan: From 1945 to the 1972 Okinawa Reversion
- Authors
- Lim, Kyounghwa
- Issue Date
- Apr-2019
- Publisher
- JAPAN FOCUS
- Keywords
- zainichi Koreans; Okinawa; minority-to-minority relationality; educational movement; Third World
- Citation
- ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL-JAPAN FOCUS, v.17, no.8
- Journal Title
- ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL-JAPAN FOCUS
- Volume
- 17
- Number
- 8
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/44826
- ISSN
- 1557-4660
- Abstract
- The present article deals with the 'educational movement' of the 1950-60s focusing on the issues of discrimination against zainichi Koreans and Okinawans. It examines the moments of mutual gaze between zainichi Koreans and Okinawans as both struggled for freedom and liberation against the US-Japanese system of domination. Zainichi Koreans and Okinawans were autonomously choosing their respective identities in accordance with the changes in political circumstances. They initially wanted to become liberated peoples belonging to (unified) Korea and Japan respectively. Of course, their goals of withdrawal of foreign armed forces from Korea and Okinawa and social reforms were ultimately thwarted. Nevertheless, the attempts of the marginalized to forge horizontal unity and relativize the Japanese nation state via the concepts of 'motherland' merit attention.
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