Constructing Korean Origins

Author : Hyung Il Pai
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684173372

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Constructing “Korean” Origins by Hyung Il Pai Pdf

In this wide-ranging study, Hyung Il Pai examines how archaeological finds from throughout Northeast Asia have been used in Korea to construct a myth of state formation. This myth emphasizes the ancient development of a pure Korean race that created a civilization rivaling those of China and Japan and a unified state controlling a wide area in Asia. Through a new analysis of the archaeological data, Pai shows that the Korean state was in fact formed much later and that it reflected diverse influences from throughout Northern Asia, particularly the material culture of Han China.

Author : Hyung Il Pai,Timothy R. Tangherlini
Publisher : Institute of East Asian Studies University of California - B
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015036361635

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Nationalism and the Construction of Korean Identity by Hyung Il Pai,Timothy R. Tangherlini Pdf

Author : Everett Taylor Atkins
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520266735

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Primitive Selves by Everett Taylor Atkins Pdf

"A gem to be consulted by all students of anthropology, history, ethnomusicology, and colonial studies." Hyung Il Pal, author of Constructing "Korean" Origins: A Critical Review of Archaeology, Historiography, and Racial Myth in Korean State Formation Theories --

Author : Noriko Aso
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822399711

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Public Properties by Noriko Aso Pdf

In the late nineteenth century, Japan's new Meiji government established museums to showcase a national aesthetic heritage. Inspired by Western museums and expositions, these institutions were introduced by government officials hoping to spur industrialization and self-disciplined public behavior, and to cultivate an "imperial public" loyal to the emperor. Japan's network of museums expanded along with its colonies. By the mid-1930s, the Japanese museum system had established or absorbed institutions in Taiwan, Korea, Sakhalin, and Manchuria. Not surprising, colonial subjects' views of Japanese imperialism differed from those promulgated by the Japanese state. Meanwhile, in Japan, philanthropic and commercial museums were expanding, revising, and even questioning the state-sanctioned aesthetic canon. Public Properties describes how museums in Japan and its empire contributed to the reimagining of state and society during the imperial era, despite vigorous disagreements about what was to be displayed, how, and by whom it was to be seen.

Author : E. Taylor Atkins
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0520266749

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Primitive Selves by E. Taylor Atkins Pdf

This remarkable book examines the complex history of Japanese colonial and postcolonial interactions with Korea, particularly in matters of cultural policy. E. Taylor Atkins focuses on past and present Japanese fascination with Korean culture as he reassesses colonial anthropology, heritage curation, cultural policy, and Korean performance art in Japanese mass media culture. Atkins challenges the prevailing view that imperial Japan demonstrated contempt for Koreans through suppression of Korean culture. In his analysis, the Japanese preoccupation with Koreana provided the empire with a poignant vision of its own past, now lost--including communal living and social solidarity--which then allowed Japanese to grieve for their former selves. At the same time, the specific objects of Japan's gaze--folk theater, dances, shamanism, music, and material heritage--became emblems of national identity in postcolonial Korea.

Author : Stella Xu
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498521451

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Reconstructing Ancient Korean History by Stella Xu Pdf

This book examines the historiography of ancient Korea and its relationship to the construction of Korean national identity through a critical and comparative analysis of Chinese and Korean primary sources. It also analyzes the ways in which Korean politics and culture have shaped and been affected by historical narratives.

Author : Stefan Berger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230223059

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Writing the Nation by Stefan Berger Pdf

This book brings together experts on national history writing from all five continents to discuss the role of history in the making of national identities in a transnational and comparative way. The institutionalization and professionalisation of history writing is analysed in the context of history's increasing nationalization.

Author : Georg G Iggers,Q. Edward Wang,Supriya Mukherjee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317895015

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A Global History of Modern Historiography by Georg G Iggers,Q. Edward Wang,Supriya Mukherjee Pdf

So far histories of historiography have concentrated almost exclusively on the West. This is the first book to offer a history of modern historiography from a global perspective. Tracing the transformation of historical writings over the past two and half centuries, the book portrays the transformation of historical writings under the effect of professionalization, which served as a model not only for Western but also for much of non-Western historical studies. At the same time it critically examines the reactions in post-modern and post-colonial thought to established conceptions of scientific historiography. A main theme of the book is how historians in the non-Western world not only adopted or adapted Western ideas, but also explored different approaches rooted in their own cultures.

Author : Hazel Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521897785

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North Korea by Hazel Smith Pdf

This is a historically founded, empirical study of social and economic transformation wrought by 'marketisation from below' in North Korea.

Author : Donald Baker,Tracy L. Stober,Robert Oppenheim
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442281783

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The Journal of Korean Studies, Volume 21, Number 2 (Fall 2016) by Donald Baker,Tracy L. Stober,Robert Oppenheim Pdf

The University of Washington-Korea Studies Program, in collaboration with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, is proud to publish the Journal of Korean Studies.

Author : Sheila Miyoshi Jager
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317464112

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Narratives of Nation-Building in Korea by Sheila Miyoshi Jager Pdf

This book offers new insight on how key historical texts and events in Korea's history have contributed to the formation of the nation's collective consciousness. The work is woven around the unifying premise that particular narrative texts/events that extend back to the premodern period have remained important, albeit transformed, over the modern period and into the contemporary period. The author explores the relationship between gender and nationalism by showing how key narrative topics, such as tales of virtuous womanhood, have been employed, transformed, and re-deployed to make sense of particular national events. Connecting these narratives and historic events to contemporary Korean society, Jager reveals how these "sites" - or reference points - were also successfully re-deployed in the context of the division of Korea and the construction of Korea's modern consciousness.

Author : Brian Platt
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684174010

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Burning and Building by Brian Platt Pdf

"Soon after overthrowing the Tokugawa government in 1868, the new Meiji leaders devised ambitious plans to build a modern nation-state. Among the earliest and most radical of the Meiji reforms was a plan for a centralized, compulsory educational system modeled after those in Europe and America. Meiji leaders hoped that schools would curb mounting social disorder and mobilize the Japanese people against the threat of Western imperialism. The sweeping tone of this revolutionary plan obscured the fact that the Japanese were already quite literate and had clear ideas about what a school should be. In the century preceding the Meiji restoration, commoners throughout Japan had established 50,000 schools with almost no guidance or support from the government. Consequently, the Ministry of Education’s new code of 1872 met with resistance, as local officials, teachers, and citizens sought compromises and pursued alternative educational visions. Their efforts ultimately led to the growth and consolidation of a new educational system, one with the imprint of local demands and expectations. This book traces the unfolding of this process in Nagano prefecture and explores how local people negotiated the formation of the new order in their own communities. "

Author : Elizabeth J. Remick
Publisher : Harvard Univ Asia Center
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674013980

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Building Local States by Elizabeth J. Remick Pdf

This book examines the Nanjing decade of Guomindang rule (1927-1937) and the early post-Mao reform era (1980-1992) of Chinese history that have commonly been viewed as periods of state disintegration or retreat. And they were--at the central level. When reexamined at the local level, however, both are revealed as periods of state building.

Author : Michael J. Seth
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742567177

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A History of Korea by Michael J. Seth Pdf

In this comprehensive yet compact book, Michael J. Seth surveys Korean history from Neolithic times to the present. He explores the origins and development of Korean society, politics, and still little-known cultural heritage, showing how this ancient, culturally and ethnically homogeneous society was wrenched into the modern world, ultimately to be arbitrarily divided into two opposed halves after World War II. Tracing the six decades since, Seth explains how the two Koreas, with their deeply different political and social systems and geopolitical orientations, evolved into sharply contrasting societies. Throughout, he adds a rich dimension by placing Korean history into broader global perspective and by including primary readings from each era. All readers looking for a balanced, knowledgeable history will be richly rewarded with this clear and concise book.

Author : Michael J. Seth
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742574717

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A Concise History of Korea by Michael J. Seth Pdf

This engaging text provides a concise history of Korea from the beginning of human settlement in the region through the late nineteenth century, equally emphasizing social, cultural, and political history. Students will be especially drawn to descriptions of everyday life for both elite and non-elite members of society during various historical periods. A Concise History of Korea emphasizes how Korean history can be understood as part of an interactive sphere that includes three basic areas: China, Japan, and the Manchurian/Central Asian region. Historical maps illustrate the changes in the region over time. The annotated bibliography of works in English is a useful addition to this clear and comprehensive Korean history.