Mobile Imperialism and its Fissure in Colonial Choso˘ n: Centering on Kim Namch’o˘ n’s “To Cho˘ llyo˘ng” (Page 177–195)

Abstract
This paper explores Japanese mobile imperialism as supported by the colonial mobility system and examines an emancipatory imagination, which enables the opening of a fissure in the system, by approaching Kim Namch’ŏn’s short story, “To Chŏllyŏng (Ch. Tieling 鐵嶺),” from the new mobilities paradigm. It argues that, via modern mobility technologies, “sociality,” i.e., the communal ethic, can...