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Invented Traditions in North and South Korea (Hardcover)
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Invented Traditions in North and South Korea (Hardcover)
Series: Hawai'i Studies on Korea
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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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