Discourse on the Prostitution Abolition of Japanese Society in Colonial Korea During the 1920s-30s: Focusing on 『Chosen and Manshu(朝鮮及滿洲)』, 『Chosenkoron(朝鮮公論)』

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 한국일본학회
· 수록지 정보 : 일본학보 / 120호 / 263 ~ 287페이지
· 저자명 : 이가혜

초록

This study looked at the progress of prostitution abolition movement and discourses in Japan, Chosen and Japanese society in colonial Korea to explore the spaces of ‘inland’ and ‘overseas’ and pattern of prostitution abolition discourses according to leading forces.
The prostitution abolition movement in ‘inland’ and Chosen took place under the pivotal roles of modern women or Christian groups, etc., and the discourses on it were also produced mainly by each institution’s organ. In the Japanese society in colonial Korea, a series of activities centering on the Japan Christian Women's Organization’s Chosen branch were identified. However, compared with the prostitution abolition movement pursued in Chosen and ‘inland’, these activities were much scaled-down, and no institutional organ was published. In this situation, prostitution abolition efforts were made through general magazines distributed among the public at large, and articulations were not limited to a certain specific value. One thing notable here is that, while there were a lot of news articles on demimonde women’s sexually transmitted disease (STD) checkups throughout the colonial period, there were very few remarks of registered prostitution abolition. This can be interpreted that, instead of prostitution abolition, STD control was more focused on for efficient colony management since it was necessary to install prostitute quarters in Chosen and bring in demimondaines as part of the imperialist expansional policy, and doing so contributed to colonial extension and stabilization. In the substance, the causes of venereal diseases were limited to demimondaines by depicting them as filthy outdated offenders under quarantine, who threaten the ‘healthy people’ to otherize them as the target of control and management of a modern nation. The registered prostitution scheme was also taken as disgrace of a civilized country, and prostitution abolition was discussed for the purpose of national morality promotion and social purification. As indicated, prostitution industry control was claimed solely for the protection of the security of Japanese society in colonial Korea and Japanese empire.

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