20th century
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asia scholars
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colonial anthropology
colonial gaze
colonialism
communal living
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cultural analysis
cultural policy
cultural suppression
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folk theater
heritage curation
japanese colonialism
japanese history
korea
korean culture
korean music
koreana
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mass media culture
material heritage
modern history
national identity
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performance art
political history
postcolonial korea
postcolonialism
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shamanism
social history
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Product details
- ISBN 9780520266742
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 25 Aug 2010
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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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.
E. Taylor Atkins is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University and the author of Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan.
