Narratives of Nation-Building in Korea

A Genealogy of Patriotism

von Sheila Miyoshi Jager

212 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book offers new insight on how key historical texts and events in Korea's history have contributed to the formation of the nation's collective consciousness. The work is woven around the unifying premise that particular narrative texts/events that extend back to the premodern period have remained important, albeit transformed, over the modern period and into the contemporary period. The author explores the relationship between gender and nationalism by showing how key narrative topics, such as tales of virtuous womanhood, have been employed, transformed, and re-deployed to make sense of particular national events. Connecting these narratives and historic events to contemporary Korean society, Jager reveals how these "sites" - or reference points - were also successfully re-deployed in the context of the division of Korea and the construction of Korea's modern consciousness.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Gruppen Frauen und Mädchen
• ISBN: 9780765610676
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.01.2003
• Größe: 233 x 162 mm
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)