Primitive selves : Koreana in the Japanese colonial gaze, 1910-1945 / E. Taylor Atkins.

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Atkins, E. Taylor (Everett Taylor), 1967- [author.]

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computer

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online resource

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9780520947689
0520947681
1282732579
9781282732575
9786612732577
6612732571

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Primitive selves.DDC classification:

951.9/03 22

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DS916.55 .A86 2010eb

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Contents:

A long engagement -- Ethnography as self-reflection : Japanese anthropology in colonial Korea -- Curating Koreana : the management of culture in colonial Korea -- The first K-wave : Koreaphilia in imperial Japanese popular culture -- Epilogue: Postcolonial valorizations.

Summary: "This remarkable book examines the complex history of Japanese colonial and postcolonial interactions with Korea, particularly in matters of cultural policy. E. Taylor Atkins focuses on past and present Japanese fascination with Korean culture as he reassesses colonial anthropology, heritage curation, cultural policy, and Korean performance art in Japanese mass media culture. Atkins challenges the prevailing view that imperial Japan demonstrated contempt for Koreans through suppression of Korean culture. In his analysis, the Japanese preoccupation with Koreana provided the empire with a poignant vision of its own past, now lost--including communal living and social solidarity--which then allowed Japanese to grieve for their former selves. At the same time, the specific objects of Japan's gaze--folk theater, dances, shamanism, music, and material heritage--became emblems of national identity in postcolonial Korea"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-256) and index.

"This remarkable book examines the complex history of Japanese colonial and postcolonial interactions with Korea, particularly in matters of cultural policy. E. Taylor Atkins focuses on past and present Japanese fascination with Korean culture as he reassesses colonial anthropology, heritage curation, cultural policy, and Korean performance art in Japanese mass media culture. Atkins challenges the prevailing view that imperial Japan demonstrated contempt for Koreans through suppression of Korean culture. In his analysis, the Japanese preoccupation with Koreana provided the empire with a poignant vision of its own past, now lost--including communal living and social solidarity--which then allowed Japanese to grieve for their former selves. At the same time, the specific objects of Japan's gaze--folk theater, dances, shamanism, music, and material heritage--became emblems of national identity in postcolonial Korea"--Provided by publisher.