『부인민주신문』의 한국전쟁 관련 반전(反戦)평론 연구

Abstract

This study examines four opinion articles focusing on anti-war movement against the Korean War from the Women’s Democratic Weekly, a discourse platform for the women’s liberation movement in post-war Japan. The ideological antagonism over the Korean War and women’s liberation movement shown in these articles symbolizes the collision between two women’s movement groups: anticommunist women’s liberation force, which are attempting to break the myth of the communist party as peacekeepers and build a new hegemony; and the communist women’s group, which protects the communist party’s political stance as revolutionary force firmly established since the pre-war era. The decline of the communist party’s popularity began in 1950 due to their use of oppressive measures. The socialist party rapidly replaced the communist party as leaders of social movement. The debate among Hiratsuka, Hirabayashi, and Miyamoto in the Women’s Democratic Weekly spanning 1950-1951 reflects this social current, which was catalyzed by the Korean War. The four anti-war peace debates over the Korean War published in the Women’s Democratic Weekly and present by-product of the women’s liberation movement discourse colliding with the Korean War during the ideological reorganization process of post-war Japan. This discourse can be considered a sign that anticipating the process of ideological change for conservativeness and innovativeness.