Remnants of Manshūkoku (Manchukuo)
Imamura Eiji, Korean Identity under Japanese Imperialism, and Postcolonial Asian Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12847193 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joshua Lee Solomon (0000-0002-7019-5347, University of Minnesota, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 11-44 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Korean History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1598-2041 • E-ISSN: 2508-5921 |
| Publisher | Center for Korean History (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.22372/ijkh.2022.27.1.11 |
| OpenAlex | W4220708517 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper takes Imamura Eiji (1911–?) as a case study in developing a theory of minor literary style and pedagogical poetics in Japaneselanguage Manshū literature. At the same time, it grapples with reading Japanese-language Manshū literature with postcolonial reflexivity. Imamura Eiji was an ethnic Korean who was an active participant in the Japanese language literary community of Japan-occupied Manchuria. While he is best known for his short story “Travel Companions,” this paper contends that his work and position within the Manchukuoan state can be better understood through the juxtaposition of multiple of his diverse works, including another short story entitled “New Womb.” Borrowing from Elleke Boehmer’s “postcolonial poetics,” I approach these texts from the perspective of not merely what politics they attempt, but also how they do so aesthetically and technologically. I conclude that Imamura produced a form of minor style observable in other contemporary literary production as well. While previous work on Imamura has laser focused on decoding his ethnic politics, I argue that we must aim for a more careful and critical reading by remaining aware of the contemporary politics of the academic field and relationality between scholar and text
Aesthetics · Art · Identity (music · Literature · Poetics · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Reading (process · Reflexivity · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |