일본 제국주의의 통치전략과 ‘깨끗하고 건강한 몸’ 만들기 - 『요미우리신문』과 『아사히신문』의 매독 담론 -

Abstract

The “syphilis” discourse of Yomiuri Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun(1900-1945) is characterised as follows. Firstly, the Imperial statement during the Meiji and the Taisho era emphasised purity in terms of “clean body.” In the former period of the Showa era, the management of physical strength of the national people was emphasised in terms of “clean body” under the wartime regime. The present study thus reveals different domination strategies of the Imperialism in different eras. Secondly, Yomiuri Shimbun put emphasis on the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases from the perspective of commoners and tried to prevent women from being infected. On the other hand, Asahi Shimbun well reflected the hygiene policy of the Imperial Japan and was associated with the Commercial Capitalism. Also, Asahi Shimbun shifted the blame of sexual transmitted diseases onto women. In this way, the two newspaper are contrasted in terms of gender equality and modernisation. Finally, Yomiuri Shimbun reported syphilis through individual lives, whilst Asahi Shimbun did so through the national policy. In this way, the present study sheds light on the differences between the two newspapers in terms of the discriminational hygiene policy and the Commercial Capitalism.