Key papers on Korea
Subtitle: essays celebrating 25 years of the Centre of Korean Studies, SOAS, University of London
By: edited and introduced by Andrew David Jackson
Contributors: Miller, Owen; University of London. Centre of Korean Studies
Publisher: Global Oriental
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9789004254589; 9789004265226
Subjects: Civilization; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: sixty years of Korean studies at SOAS / Andrew David Jackson; title: Part one. History; title: Introduction: history / Andrew David Jackson; title: Tobacco and the gift economy of Seoul merchants in the late nineteenth century / Owen Miller; title: India as viewed by ancient and mediaeval Koreans, focusing on the Karak kukki (records of Karak state) / Vladimir Tikhonov (Pak Noja); title: Northern territories and the historical understanding of territory in late Choson / Anders Karlsson; title: Nation, ethnicity, and the post-manchukuo order in the Sino-Korean border region / Charles Kraus and Adam Cathcart; title: Part two. North Korea; title: Introduction: North Korea / Andrew David Jackson; title: Rousing the reader to action: North Korean wartime literature / Jerôme de Wit; title: State power and hegemonic values: media coverage of the super bowl and arirang mass games / Andray Abrahamian; title: How North Korea made its English-Korean dictionary / Lee Heejae; title: Part three. Literature, philosophy and society; title: Introduction: literature, philosophy and society / Andrew David Jackson; title: The task and risk of translating classical Korean sijo: Yun Sondo and Hwang Chini / Hye-joon Yoon; title: Wandering bodies, wondering minds: the body, territory and national identity in Pak T'aewon, Ch'oe Inhun and Chu Insok's stories about Kubo / Justyna Najbar-miller; title: Reviving the Confucian spirit of ethical practicality: Tasan's notions of song (nature) and sim (heart/mind) and their political implication / Daeyeol Kim; title: Shamans, ghosts and hobgoblins amidst Korean folk customs / Michael J. Pettid; title: Part four. Music, heritage and art; title: Introduction: music, heritage and art / Andrew David Jackson; title: The five surviving p'ansori repertoires: themes, issues and the connection to India / Dorothea Suh; title: 1910-1911: years that changed Seoul's music / Sung-hee Park; title: Heritage practices during the Park Chung Hee era / Codruta Sîntionean; title: Korean art objects at SOAS / Charlotte Horlyck.