{"product_id":"intimate-empire-collaboration-and-colonial-modernity-in-korea-and-japan-9780822359104","title":"Intimate Empire  Collaboration and Colonial","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNayoung Aimee Kwon examines the Japanese language literature written by Koreans during late Japanese colonialism. She demonstrates that simply characterizing that literature as collaborationist obscures the complicated relationship these authors had with colonialism, modernity, and identity, as well as the relationship between colonizers and the colonized.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Besides many compelling analyses and arguments made in \u003ci\u003eIntimate Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, plentiful visual materials provide us a fascinating glimpse into the cultural fields in the empire.... it is a great contribution to the scholarship on colonial culture and imperialism for its exemplary handling of archives and its succinct arguments made based on comparative readings of texts. It is an essential text for researchers of colonial literature, transcultural colonial exchange, cultural fields in wartime Japan, and translation.\" -- Jooyeon Rhee * Acta Koreana *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIntimate Empire\u003c\/i\u003e is a most welcome addition to transcultural scholarship on East Asian literatures and cultures and sets an excellent example for future research on imperialism in East Asia and well beyond.\" -- Karen Thornber * Pacific Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIntimate Empire\u003c\/i\u003e establishes critical questions for historians to ponder, beginning with: Who writes the empire? How does the language they use matter? Kwon has demonstrated many pathways into, as well as offered new and alternate routes for, future discovery.\" -- Alexis Dudden * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"Nayoung Aimee Kwon’s examination of Korean authors during the Japanese imperial period is a richly theorized, sensitive, and engaging work of literary and colonial history.\" -- Denis Gainty * History: Reviews of New Books *\u003cbr\u003e\"Kwon's book will become an instant classic of the postcolonial theory approach to colonial Korea's literary scene.\" -- Janet Poole * Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On Naming, Romanization, and Translations  xiii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Colonial Modernity and the Conundrum of Representation  1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Translating Korean Literature  17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. A Minor Writer  41\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Into the Light  59\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Colonial Abject  80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Performing Colonial Kitsch  99\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. Overhearing Transcolonial Roundtables  131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. Turning Local  154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. Forgetting Manchurian Memories  174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10. Paradox of Postcoloniality  195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes  213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index  263","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406088446295,"sku":"9780822359104","price":98.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822359104.jpg?v=1730494484","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/intimate-empire-collaboration-and-colonial-modernity-in-korea-and-japan-9780822359104","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}