The Limits of Decolonization = 탈식민화의 한계 : 주일 미국 점령당국과 일본에서의 “한국인 문제,” 1945~1948

국문 초록 (Abstract)

유럽 국가들의 식민지 해소 과정과 달리, 한국과 일본 정부는 탈식민 이후의 합의에 대하여 한번도 직접 협상한 적이 없다. 대신, 일본 식민통치의 해소 문제는 외부의 중개자, 즉 제2차 세계대전 이후 한국과 일본의 미국 점령 기구를 통하여 간접적으로 제기되었다. 따라서 제3자에 의한 탈식민화 과정에 대한 고찰은 해당지역의 새로운 점령자인 미국과의 관계에서 어떻게 이 과정을 끌어내었는지를 함께 고려해야 한다. 제각기 변화하면서 모순적인 미국 점령정책에 의하여 탈식민화 과정이 절충화되는 과정을 이해하기 위하여, 본 연구는 일본 제국의 갑작스러운 붕괴에 의하여 내쫓기게 된 재일 조선인들에게 가장 중요했던 배상, 귀환, 국적 문제를 주목하고자 한다. 이와 같은 중요한 문제에 대한 한국과 일본의 미국인 점령정부들의 관여의 내용은 탈식민화 과정의 한계를 잘 보여주고 있다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Korean and Japanese officials have never engaged in direct negotiations to reach a postcolonial settlement, unlike what followed the breakup of many European colonies. Instead, the problem of how to dissolve Japanese colonialism was indirectly addressed by external mediators; namely, US occupation administrations in Korea and Japan after World War II. Examining the history of third-party decolonization must therefore take into consideration how this process was initially mediated between the new American occupiers in the region. In order to understand how decolonization was compromised in part by evolving and competing American occupation policies, this article examines three interrelated issues that greatly affected Koreans in occupied Japan who found themselves displaced by the sudden collapse of the Japanese empire: repatriation, restitution, and nationality. The extent to which American occupation authorities in Korea and Japan jointly engaged in each of these critical issues vividly illustrates the limits of decolonization.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Introduction
• Repatriation as Decolonization
• The Reverse Course on Restitution
• The Illusion of Nationality
• Conclusion
• References
• 〈Abstract〉
• 〈국문초록〉

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