Key papers on Korea essays celebrating 25 years of the Centre of Korean Studies, SOAS, University of London / edited and introduced by Andrew David Jackson.

Other author Jackson, Andrew David.
Other author University of London. Centre of Korean Studies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Global Oriental, 2014.
Descriptionxxii, 304 pages : illustrations, some color ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction: sixty years of Korean studies at SOAS / Andrew David Jackson -- Part one. History -- Introduction: history / Andrew David Jackson -- Tobacco and the gift economy of Seoul merchants in the late nineteenth century / Owen Miller -- India as viewed by ancient and mediaeval Koreans, focusing on the Karak kukki (records of Karak state) / Vladimir Tikhonov (Pak Noja) -- Northern territories and the historical understanding of territory in late Choson / Anders Karlsson -- Nation, ethnicity, and the post-manchukuo order in the Sino-Korean border region / Charles Kraus and Adam Cathcart -- Part two. North Korea -- Introduction: North Korea / Andrew David Jackson -- Rousing the reader to action: North Korean wartime literature / Jerôme de Wit -- State power and hegemonic values: media coverage of the super bowl and arirang mass games / Andray Abrahamian -- How North Korea made its English-Korean dictionary / Lee Heejae -- Part three. Literature, philosophy and society -- Introduction: literature, philosophy and society / Andrew David Jackson -- The task and risk of translating classical Korean sijo: Yun Sondo and Hwang Chini / Hye-joon Yoon -- 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 -- Reviving the Confucian spirit of ethical practicality: Tasan's notions of song (nature) and sim (heart/mind) and their political implication / Daeyeol Kim -- Shamans, ghosts and hobgoblins amidst Korean folk customs / Michael J. Pettid -- Part four. Music, heritage and art -- Introduction: music, heritage and art / Andrew David Jackson -- The five surviving p'ansori repertoires: themes, issues and the connection to India / Dorothea Suh -- 1910-1911: years that changed Seoul's music / Sung-hee Park -- Heritage practices during the Park Chung Hee era / Codruta Sîntionean -- Korean art objects at SOAS / Charlotte Horlyck.
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