Almost forty years after the publication of Hobsbawm and Ranger’s
The Invention of Tradition, the subject of invented
traditions—cultural and historical practices that claim a
continuity with a distant past but which are in fact of relatively
recent origin—is still relevant, important, and highly
contentious. Invented Traditions in North and South Korea examines
the ways in which compressed modernity, Cold War conflict, and
ideological opposition has impacted the revival of traditional
forms in both Koreas. The volume is divided thematically into
sections covering: (1) history, religions, (2) language, (3) music,
food, crafts, and finally, (4) space. It includes chapters on
pseudo-histories, new religions, linguistic politeness, literary
Chinese, p’ansori, heritage, North Korean food, architecture, and
the invention of children’s pilgrimages in the DPRK. As the first
comparative study of invented traditions in North and South Korea,
the book takes the reader on a journey through Korea’s epic
twentieth century, examining the revival of culture in the context
of colonialism, decolonization, national division, dictatorship,
and modernization. The book investigates what it describes as
"monumental" invented traditions formulated to maintain order,
loyalty, and national identity during periods of political upheaval
as well as cultural revivals less explicitly connected to political
power. Invented Traditions in North and South Korea demonstrates
that invented traditions can teach us a great deal about the
twentieth-century political and cultural trajectories of the two
Koreas. With contributions from historians, sociologists,
folklorists, scholars of performance, and anthropologists, this
volume will prove invaluable to Koreanists, as well as teachers and
students of Korean and Asian studies undergraduate courses.
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