« The settler coloniality of local administrations: Sandra des Forges, ‘Māori wards and local government democracy: Contested spaces of representation’, New Zealand Geographer, 2024
Settler lasting, as usual: Keith Thor Carlson, ‘“The Last Potlatch” and James Douglas’s Vision of an Alternative Settler Colonialism’, in Peter Cook, Neil Vallance, John Lutz, Graham Brazier, Hamar Foster(eds), To Share, Not Surrender, University of British Columbia Press, 2021 »

The landscape of settlement: Hong Piao, ‘Manchuria in the Eyes of Yuasa Katsue: The Construction of Manchurian Settlement Landscape in Senku Imin’, Border Crossings: The Journal of Japanese-Language Literature Studies, 18, 1, 2024, pp. 81-94

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Abstract: This study analyzes the portrayal of Manchurian settlement in Yuasa Katsue’s Senku Imin, focusing particularly on landscape depiction. The landscapes are examined by distinguishing between natural and human-made elements. The analysis shows that Senku Imin represents the Manchurian settlement through a composite lens of scenes from colonial Korea and the Rehe region in South Manchuria. The paper also explores the symbolic use of ‘horses’ to represent the settlers, a metaphor that subtly underscores the linguistic challenges and ethnic tensions among Manchuria’s diverse populations. Furthermore, the influence of the author’s experiences in colonial Korea and travels in Manchuria is discussed. This study also elucidates how the colonial experiences of second-generation Koreans like Yuasa Katsue intervene in the literature of Manchurian settlements, presenting new possibilities for interpreting the works of a second-generation colonial author.


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