Primitive Selves: Koreana in the Japanese Colonial Gaze, 1910-1945 - Rilegato

Atkins, E. Taylor

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ISBN 10: 0520266730 ISBN 13: 9780520266735

Casa editrice: Univ of California Pr, 2010

Riassunto

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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L'autore:

E. Taylor Atkins is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University and the author ofBlue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

"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 Frühstück, author of Uneasy Warriors: Gender, Memory and Popular Culture in the Japanese Army

"A gem to be consulted by all students of anthropology, history, ethno-musicology, and colonial studies."Hyung Il Pai, author ofConstructing "Korean" Origins: A Critical Review of Archaeology, Historiography, and Racial Myth in Korean State Formation Theories

"The hallmark of Atkins' scholarship is his ability to take something seemingly marginalJapanese jazz, Koreanaand use it as a lens to explore cultural practices, national sensibilities, and modern ideologies. In doing so, this book uncovers the anxieties about authenticity that underlie the Japanese fixation with Korean culture across the twentieth century. This is a great example of how to write the empire into the history of modern Japan."Louise Young, author ofJapan's Total Empire: Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism

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• Editore: Univ of California Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0520266730
• ISBN 13: 9780520266735
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 262