In recent years, hate speech against Koreans living in Japan has become one of the most serious human rights issues in Japan, especially those targeting women, which have been revealed through lawsuits filed by the parties concerned. This paper aims t...
In recent years, hate speech against Koreans living in Japan has become one of the most serious human rights issues in Japan, especially those targeting women, which have been revealed through lawsuits filed by the parties concerned. This paper aims to actively reconstruct the intersectional subjectivity of minority women through an examination of the affect of countering hate speech by Zainichi Korean women. First, it traces the background of the concept of multiple discrimination or intersectionality concerning minority women was raised in post-Cold War era, and then examines how Zainichi Korean women reinterpret their own difficulties intersectionally. The paper also critically examines the power of hate on the body, as well as the affect of countering hate speech, through the court record of Lee Shin Hye, a writer who has conducted an anti-hate speech trial. Particular attention is paid to Lee’s clothing performances and caring relationship with her neighbours to capture the potential of the affect that the ‘wounded body’ to be restored.