The Prison and Power in Colonial Korea

This article explores the dynamics of the colonial prisons constructed by the Japanese and the power they wielded and projected as a dual project of modernisation and colonisation in Korea. Japanese colonialism and its disciplinary power made colonial prisoners docile subjects by utilising the mecha...

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Published inAsian studies review Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 413 - 426
Main Author Kang, Jin Woong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nathan Routledge 02.07.2016
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
colonial modernity
Colonialism
Corporal punishment
Correctional system
disciplinary power
History
Japan
Korea
Modernity
Offenders
political prisoner
Political prisoners
Power
prison
Prisoners
Prisons
Punishment
subject
Surveillance
South Korea
Japan
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ISSN1035-7823
1467-8403
DOI10.1080/10357823.2016.1193122

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Summary:This article explores the dynamics of the colonial prisons constructed by the Japanese and the power they wielded and projected as a dual project of modernisation and colonisation in Korea. Japanese colonialism and its disciplinary power made colonial prisoners docile subjects by utilising the mechanisms of close surveillance, scientific correction and ideological conversion while excluding and oppressing political offenders as "imperial others" through the exercise of cruel corporal punishment. The article offers an in-depth analysis of colonial modernity in Korea by examining how colonial power operated throughout the birth and evolution of the modern prison, and the mechanisms through which it governed Korean subjects in its prison system.
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ISSN:1035-7823
1467-8403
DOI:10.1080/10357823.2016.1193122