1. The third way and beyond: Zainichi Korean identity and the politics of belonging.
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Chapman, David
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NATIONALISM , *NATIONAL character , *IDENTITY (Psychology) , *POLITICS & culture , *SOCIAL psychology - Abstract
Although life for Japan's zainichi Korean population has been influenced by many factors, the development of discourse and debate internal to the zainichi population from the early 1970s onwards reflects enormous change in perspectives of the location of zainichi identity. In this paper I trace the internal discourse produced by zainichi intellectuals and public commentators from the early 1970s until the early 2000s and argue that the genesis of this discourse can be represented by a temporal and spatial shift in power and politics from older to younger generations. This shift in power allowed for the creation of a hybrid identity away from the hegemonic control of zainichi political organisations and anti-Japanese nationalism. In particular, I focus on Kim Iong Myung's articulation of the third way and its progressive, but at the same time excusatory, characteristics and how this and subsequent debate have been concerned primarily with the location of zainichi identity . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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