일제시기 천주교회 여학교의 학내 분규와 그 양상 – 대구 효성여학교 분규를 중심으로 -

Abstract

In 1924, the Korean Catholic Church founded the Hyosung Girls' School in Daegu, which expelled more than 30 students for swearing at the school's administrators. While the students and their parents recognized the school as a separate institution from the church, the school administration considered the school part of the church and saw it as a threat to its authority. The media that covered the case at the time pointed to the authoritarian response of the school and the Catholic Church during the dispute, reporting that foreign school officials turned a blind eye to the Korean girls' tearful appeals to the school. In this process, a Korean nun, a key player in the case, was excluded from the Korean community, but as a member of the Catholic Church, she had no voice and was forced to abide by the church's decisions. In conclusion, the Hyosung Girls' School dispute illustrates the relationship between Koreans and foreign religions during the Japanese occupation in three ways. First, the Korean Catholic Church, which equated school and church during the Japanese occupation, identified students as Catholics and sought to control them through the authority of the church. Second, although the Hyosung Girls' School disturbance was caused by complaints about students' profanity and the coercive treatment of students, the media at the time sought to understand the incident by dichotomizing those involved into Koreans and non-Koreans. Finally, Koreans who were or were thought to be sympathetic to foreigners were also othered as foreigners, and in this process, the Korean nuns were subjected to double and triple oppression: discrimination for being Korean during the Japanese colonial period, the closed structure of their religion, and being sympathetic to foreign powers.