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A cultural history of modern Korean literature : the birth of oppa / Kyounghoon Lee and John M. Frankl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yi, Ky ong-hun, 1962- author.
- Series:
- Critical studies in Korean literature and culture in translation.
- Critical studies in Korean literature and culture in translation
- Language:
- English
- Korean
- Subjects (All):
- Korean literature--History and criticism.
- Korean literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, 2022.
- Summary:
- This book examines one of the seminal chapters in the history of the modern Korea. Through an analysis of texts of various genres and types, the author analyzes Japanese colonialism and modernity and its impact on Korean culture and society during the first half of the twentieth century.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Nolbu-esque Things
- Nolbu's Swallow
- The Swallow and the Crow
- The Swallow's Leg and Ongnyŏn's Leg
- Walk of "the Cripple"
- Nolbu and "X"
- The Bob: Nolbu's Fashion
- Notes
- Chapter 2: The Birth of Oppa: Tracks of Colonial Period Youth
- The Sister Complex and Rejecting the Parents
- Oppa, the Form of Youth
- The Custom of Sworn Brothers and Sisters
- The Swallow and the Kisaeng's Brother
- Chapter 3: "Trademark" of the Colony
- The Custom of Hakurai
- Boilermakers and Hybrids
- Ajinomoto, the Civilized Seasoning
- "The Shortcut to Delicious Cooking" "The Civilized Seasoning, Ajinomoto"
- T'ŭrade malk'ŭ and Adalin
- Chapter 4: The Fashion of Mujŏng
- Private Tutors and Glass Doors
- The Affection of High Collar Young Women
- The Perspective of the Show Window
- Free Love and Eugenics
- Heartless Fashion: In Lieu of a Conclusion
- Chapter 5: Barbarian of the Laboratory
- Suicide and Invention
- Ontology of the Clock
- The Space-Time of Free Love
- The Misunderstanding Called Formula
- Inventor and Debtor
- Chapter 6: Rice Speculation, Hot Springs, English
- The Laboratory and the Rice Exchange
- The Lure of the Sleeping Car, the Desire of the Hot Springs Hotel
- Translated Fate, Exchanged Subjectivity
- Chapter 7: English Grammar, Sports, Cyborg
- Spring Garden's English Grammar
- Playing Field of the Intransitive Verb
- Minjok Reconstruction and Minjok Cyborg
- In Lieu of a Conclusion
- Chapter 8: The Flesh, Yi Sang's Windowpane
- A Method for Disposing of the Flesh
- The Museum and Pithecanthropus
- The Ontology of Kudu
- Chapter 9: The Humor of an Empty Stomach
- A Poor Meal
- A Strange Dinner.
- The Taste of Fragrant MJB
- A Foolish Supper
- Mung Bean Fritters and Coupé Bread
- Chapter 10: Manchuria and Pro-Japanese Romanticism
- Human Lessons: The Starting Point of Liquidation and Affirmation
- The Idea of Calling
- The Tracks of Prospect: From Revolution to Sports
- Rice and Paddies: The Eldest Son of Manchuria
- Afterword
- Selected Bibliography
- Short Stories and Novels
- Poetry
- Essays and Other Texts
- Index
- About the Contributors.
- ISBN:
- 1-66698-273-3
- 1-66690-629-8
- OCLC:
- 1287748185
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