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- E-ISSN 3091-8685
- P-ISSN1976-3735
- E-ISSN3091-8685
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Cultural Mobilization for Korea’s Independence: An Analysis of a 1942 Stage Performance in Wartime Hawai‘i
The Journal of Northeast Asian History / The Journal of Northeast Asian History, (P)1976-3735; (E)3091-8685
2025, v.21 no.2, pp.179-205
https://doi.org/10.23037/jnah.2025.21.2.007
(Northern Illinois University)
CHOI,
H.
(2025). . , 21(2), 179-205, https://doi.org/10.23037/jnah.2025.21.2.007
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Abstract
This article examines a stage performance by Koreans in Hawai‘i on August 30, 1942, to explore how cultural events served political purposes during the Pacific War. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 propelled the United States into World War II, severely straining U.S.-Japan relations. These circumstances raise questions about whether Korean Hawaiians—marginalized both as Japan’s colonial subjects (1910–1945) and as a racial minority—leveraged their status by aligning with the United States against their shared enemy, Japan. Analyses of local newspapers and archival sources reveal that Koreans organized this cultural event in collaboration with other ethnic groups, excluding the Japanese, to present Korea’s traditional music and dance to African American servicemen from the 369th Infantry Regiment. This event exemplifies ethnic Koreans’ strategic efforts to forge cross-racial and cross-ethnic solidarity—while deliberately excluding the Japanese—to assert their cultural identity and advance their ultimate goal: Korean independence.
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- Korean Hawaiians; Pacific War; African American servicemen; Korean independence movement; traditional Korean music and dance; wartime performance
- 투고일Received
- 2025-02-06
- 수정일Revised
- 2025-04-14
- 게재확정일Accepted
- 2025-04-16
- 출판일Published
- 2025-06-30
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