Primitive Selves: Koreana in the Japanese Colonial Gaze, 1910-1945 by E. Taylor

Description: Primitive Selves by E. Taylor Atkins Examines the complex history of Japanese colonial and postcolonial interactions with Korea, particularly in matters of cultural policy. This book 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher 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 Japans gaze--folk theater, dances, shamanism, music, and material heritage--became emblems of national identity in postcolonial Korea. Flap "Deeply researched and elegantly written, Primitive Selves reaches beyond the confines of the colonial era to the present Japanese preoccupation with Korea. This is an absolute must-read for students and scholars of East Asia."--Sabine Fr Author Biography E. Taylor Atkins is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University and the author of Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan. Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction 1. A Long Engagement 2. Ethnography as Self-Reflection: Japanese Anthropology in Colonial Korea 3. Curating Koreana: The Management of Culture in Colonial Korea 4. The First K-Wave: Koreaphilia in Imperial Japanese Popular Culture Epilogue: Postcolonial Valorizations Notes Bibliography Index Review "Atkins succeeds in illustrating the many anxieties and self-contradictions that shaped the Japanese reception, handling and discussion of Korean traditional and popular culture throughout the official, anthropological, curatorial and popular spheres." Japan Times "An asset not only to scholars of Japanese and Korean studies but to readers interested in colonial histories, postcolonial studies, racial studies and cultural studies in general, thanks to its comparative interdisciplinary approach." -- Joowon Yuk Int Journal Of Cultural Policy "The author is to be commended for amassing a wide range of cultural productions ... and shaping them into a more general claim about the relationship between colonialism and culture within the context of modernity." -- Todd Henry Korean Studies "Atkinss study offers a refreshing new perspective." Journal Of Japanese Studies Review Quote "The author is to be commended for amassing a wide range of cultural productions . . . and shaping them into a more general claim about the relationship between colonialism and culture within the context of modernity."-- Korean Studies Details ISBN0520266749 Author E. Taylor Atkins Short Title PRIMITIVE SELVES Publisher University of California Press Series Colonialisms Language English ISBN-10 0520266749 ISBN-13 9780520266742 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2010 Imprint University of California Press Country of Publication United States Birth 1967 DEWEY 951.903 Series Number 05 Place of Publication Berkerley Residence IL, US UK Release Date 2010-08-25 Publication Date 2010-08-25 AU Release Date 2010-08-25 NZ Release Date 2010-08-25 US Release Date 2010-08-25 Pages 280 Subtitle Koreana in the Japanese Colonial Gaze, 1910–1945 Illustrations 18 b-w photographs Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159730461;

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