The making of Karafuto repatriates
Journal: Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (Hokkaido University)
Year: 2014

() The making of Karafuto repatriates () This dissertation examines the mechanisms through which Karafuto repatriates were constructed in the early period of the post-war.Existing research has focussed on the meaning of repatriates for Japan's decolonization after 1945 and the difference between "repatriate" and "official" narratives of the former empire and its collapse in August 1945.By concentrating on Japanese repatriates who moved from Karafuto to Hokkaido, this dissertation moves away from