Korea : the past and the present : selected papers from the British Association for Korean studies / edited by Susan Pares ; with the assistance of J.E. Hoare.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoare, James.

Pares, Susan.

British Association for Korean Studies.

Series:

Brill eBook titles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Korea.

Nationalism.

Korea--History--Congresses.

Korea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (723 p.)

Place of Publication:

Folkestone : Global Oriental, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Established in 1982, the British Association for Korean Studies has published nine sets of Papers in the period 1991–2005 – the outcome of conferences, study days and workshops. The themes of Korea past and Korea present were selected to give the editors and BAKS council the widest choice of options in terms of scholarship, subject matter and interest.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Susan Pares and Jim Hoare

Part 1: The Transition in to the Modern Period: Analysing and Interpreting History Tonghak in the aftermath of the Tonghak rebellion, 1895–1901 / Carl Young

Fascinating and Dangerous: Japan in Korea’S Enlightenment thought in the 1900S / Vladimir Tikhonov

Pro-Japanese Economic Alliance Theories during the Period of the Taehan Empire / Kim Yunhee

Narrative Politics, Nationalism and Korean History / Michael Robinson

Socio-cultural Implications of the Recent Invention of Tradition in Korea: an Overview / Kim Kwangŏk

Yanagi Sōetsu and Korean Crafts within the Mingei Movement / Kikuchi Yuko

Part 2: The Korean Peninsula Since 1945 Leadership transition in Korea and its significance for the region / Suh Dae-Sook

Where is the king Buried? Legitimacy Struggles on the Korean Peninsula / Alon Levkowitz

Divisions and Abductions: The Human Cost in Inter-Korean and DPRK-Japanese Relations / James A. Foley

Music of the Fatherland: The North Korean Soundscape in the Construction of Chongryun Identity in Japan / Paek Inok

How Different is Pyongyang Speech from Seoul Speech? / Yeon Jaehoon

The Ilhae Foundation: Beyond a Scandal / Jacqueline Pak

Kŏnjŏn Kayo: South Korea’S Propaganda Pop / Roald Maliangkay

South Korean Television Policy and Programmes: A Question of Localism / Ma Dong-Hoon

‘Protecting the Nation’: Korean Buddhism under the Rule of Park Chung Hee, 1961–79 / Henrik H. Sørensen

Minjung Theology and Culture / Werner Sasse

Protestant Christianity and the State: Religious Organizations as an Example of Civil Society in South Korea / Donald N. Clark

Korea and the Gulf Crisis / Brian Bridges

The Juche Doctrine and Kim Il Sung’S Success / John Gittings

The Place of Religion in North Korean Ideology / Kenneth M. Wells

Part 3: Economy, Industry and Development Explaining Korean Development: Some Issues of Ideology and Method / Aidan Foster-Carter

The Quality Puzzle: How has Korean Industry Mastered Technology so Fast? / Andrew Tank

The Recent Development of Labour Relations in Korea and their Implications for International Investors / Won Chong-Keun

The globalization of South Korean Automobile Firms and the Korean Government in the 1990s / Park Yun-Kwan

The Political Economy of the Korean–Japanese Trade Imbalance / Patrick Köllner

Preliminary Material / Susan Pares and Jim Hoare

Part 4: The Cultural Tradition Reverse syncretism and the sacred Area of Muak-tong: The Accommodation of Korean Folk Religion to the Religious Forms of Buddhism / James Huntley Grayson

Why should Korean shamans be Women? / Keith Howard

Eschatology and Folk Religions in Korean Society / Hyun-Key Kim Hogarth

Mumunt’ogi and Megalithic Monuments: A Reconsideration of the Dating / Sarah M. Nelson

Social Structure in a Megalithic Tomb Society in Korea / Kang Bong Won

Crowning Glory: Headdresses of the Three Kingdoms Period / Lisa Kay Bailey

Ancient Glass Trade in Korea / Lee Insook

Technological Parallels Between Chinese Yue Wares and Korean Celadons / Nigel Wood

Part 5:Literature and the Performing Arts The Tradition of Korean Poetry / Kevin O’rourke.

Notes:

"BAKS papers series, 1991-2005."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 617-664) and index.

ISBN:

90-04-21782-7

OCLC:

833765647

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004217829 DOI