식민지 조선의 ‘일본어문학’(1920∼30년대)과 재조일본인 여성 표상 연구 - 조선 간행 일본어잡지 『조선급만주(朝鮮及滿洲)』와『조선공론(朝鮮公論)』을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This research examines social discussion and representation of Japanese female settlers in Colonial Korea in 1920-1930. More specifically, the research analyzes the status and perception of Japanese female settlers by the articles, reviews, and literatures from Chosungupmansyu and Chosunkongron, the two Japanese magazines published in Korea in this era. By 1920-1930, Japanese female settlers appeared as public figures by taking charge of financial role in the flow of Colonial Korea’s Urbanization, Modernization, and Industrialization. These women had thought highly of themselves by thinking that they were educated and thus having advanced jobs only women can work for. Japanese magazine also reproduced the images of these women as their subject of admiration and curiosity. Moreover, Japanese female settlers were differentiated from Colonial Korean women because they were given a sense of superiority as the people who had a Colonial power. However, these Japanese women working in the publically modernized field were considered as the ones standing against patriarchal system and they were often criticized because of this perception. The women out of their Home were never freed from the intellectual men’s recognition of being sexually disordered, indolent, and vicious women and this led to the negative impression of these Japanese female settlers. Also, they had a sense of superiority to Colonial Korean women but were discriminated against women living in Japan. In other words, Japanese female settlers in Colonial Korea represent various aspects of colonization brought by social status, gender, region, and nationality.