Description: 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.
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EAN: 9780520266742
UPC: 9780520266742
ISBN: 9780520266742
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Book Title: Primitive Selves: Koreana in the Japanese Colonial
Item Length: 22.9 cm
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Publication Name: Primitive Selves: Koreana in the Japanese Colonial Gaze, 1910-1945
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 363 g
Author: E. Taylor Atkins
Item Width: 152 mm
Series: Colonialisms
Format: Paperback
