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Aesthetic Constructions of Korean Nationalism : Spectacle, Politics, and History / Hong Kal.

Author/creator Kal, Hong
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLondon : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group,
Descriptionxix, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Asia's transformations
Asia's transformations. ^A505089
Contents Introduction -- Part I: Modernity, colonial expositions and the city -- Nationalism and the politics of visual comparison: the 1915 Korean Industrial Exposition -- Modeling the west, returning to Asia: the 1929 Korean Exposition -- Seoul in motion: urban form and political consciousness -- Part II: Korean nationalism and postcolonial exhibitions -- The temple of ethnic nationalism: war memorial museums in Korea and Japan -- Ancestors, the avant-garde, and the making of "culture" in postcolonial Korea -- Flowing back to the future: the Cheonggye stream restoration.
Summary 'Aesthetic Constructions of Korean Nationalism' chooses 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 147-158) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010047965
ISBN9780415602563 (hbk.)
ISBN0415602564 (hbk.)
ISBN9780415857529 (pbk.)
ISBN041585752X (pbk.)

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