In the rich and varied life stories in Under the Black Umbrella,
elderly Koreans recall incidents that illustrate the complexities
of Korea during the colonial period. Hildi Kang here reinvigorates
a period of Korean history long shrouded in the silence of those
who endured under the "black umbrella" of Japanese colonial rule.
Existing descriptions of the colonial period tend to focus on
extremes: imperial repression and national resistance, Japanese
subjugation and Korean suffering, Korean backwardness and Japanese
progress. "Most people", Kang says", have read or heard only the
horror stories which, although true, tell only a small segment of
colonial life". The varied accounts in Under the Black Umbrella
reveal a truth that is both more ambiguous and more human -- the
small-scale, mundane realities of life in colonial Korea.
Accessible and attractive narratives, linked by brief historical
overviews, provide a large and fully textured view of Korea under
Japanese rule. Looking past racial hatred and repression, Kang
reveals small acts of resistance carried out by Koreans, as well as
gestures of fairness by Japanese colonizers. Impressive for the
history it recovers and preserves, Under the Black Umbrella is a
candid, human account of a complicated time in a contested
place.
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