Rethinking Historical Injustice and Reconciliation in Northeast Asia : The Korean Experience (Paperback)

Introduction Part 1: Coming to Terms with the Darker Past in Korea Section 1: The Counter-Narratives and Voices of World War II: An Update 1. The Korean "Comfort Women" Tragedy as Structural Violence 2. The Resignification of the "Comfort Women" through NGO Trials 3. The Politics of Remembrance: The Case of Korean Forced Laborers in World War II Section 2: Democratization and Domestic Historical Injustice 4. The War against the "Enemy Within": Hidden Massacres in the Early Stages of the Korean War  5. Justice Incomplete: The Remedies for the Victims of Jeju April Third Incidents 6. From Seoul to Saigon: Gook Meets Charlie  Part 2: Toward a Northeast Asian Approach to Historical Injustice? Section 3: Korean Experience in Comparative Perspective 7. The Aesthetic Construction of Ethnic Nationalism: War Memorial Museums in Korea and Japan  8. Difficult Neighbors: Japan and North Korea  9. Dynamics of Denial: Responses to Past Atrocities in Germany, Turkey, and Japan Section 4: Reconciliation and Regional Cooperation 10. A Strong State, Weak Civil Society and Cold War Geopolitics: Why Japan Lags behind Europe in Confronting a Negative Past  11. Pop Culture, Public Memory and Korean-Japanese Relations  12. Economic Integration and Reconciliation in Northeast Asia: Possibilities and Limitations  Epilogue: Lessons and Future