| Description |
1 online resource (185) |
| Contents |
Cover; Aesthetic Constructions of Korean Nationalism Spectacle, Politics And History; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Modernity, Colonial Expositions And The City; 1. Nationalism And The Politics Of Visual Comparison: The 1915 Korean Industrial Exposition; 2. Modeling The West, Returning To Asia: The 1929 Korean Exposition; 3. Seoul In Motion: Urban Form And Political Consciousness; Part II Korean Nationalism And Postcolonial Exhibitions; 4. The Temple Of Ethnic Nationalism: War Memorial Museums In Korea And Japan |
| Summary |
While most studies on Korean nationalism centre on textual analysis, Aesthetic Constructions of Korean Nationalism offers a different approach. It looks at expositions, museums and the urban built environment at particular moments in both colonial and postcolonial eras and analyses their discursive relations in the construction of Korean nationalism. By linking concepts of visual spectacle, urban space and governmentality, this book explores how such notions made the nation imaginable to the public in both the past and the present; how they represented a new modality of seeing for |
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Nationalism -- Korea -- History -- 20th century
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Exhibitions -- Korea -- History -- 20th century
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Arts -- Political aspects -- Korea -- History -- 20th century
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Arts -- Political aspects
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Exhibitions
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Nationalism
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Korea
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9786613126849 |
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6613126845 |
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1283126842 |
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9781283126847 |
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9780203816042 |
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0203816048 |
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