This insightful analysis of the ways in which South Korean
economic development strategies have reshaped the country's
national identity gives specific attention to the manner in which
women, as the primary agents of consumption, have been affected by
this transformation. Past scholarship on the culture of nationalism
has largely focused on the ways in which institutions utilize
memory and "history" to construct national identity. In a
provocative departure, Laura C. Nelson challenges these assumptions
with regard to South Korea, arguing that its identity has been as
much tied to notions of the future as rooted in a recollection of
the past.
Following a backlash against consumerism in the late 1980s, the
government spearheaded a program of frugality that eschewed
imported goods and foreign travel in order to strengthen South
Korea's national identity. Consumption -- with its focus on
immediate gratification -- threatened the state's future-oriented
discourse of national unity. In response to this perceived danger,
Nelson asserts, the government cast women as the group whose
"excessive desires" for material goods were endangering the
nation.
General
Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2000 |
First published: |
December 2000 |
Authors: |
Laura C Nelson
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Dimensions: |
228 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
224 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-11617-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Economics >
Macroeconomics >
General
|
LSN: |
0-231-11617-9 |
Barcode: |
9780231116176 |
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