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

• Autore: Atkins E. Taylor (Everett Taylor), <1967->
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 951.9/03
• Soggetto topico: Postcolonialism - Korea; Imperialism - Social aspects - Japan - History - 20th century; Public opinion - Japan - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Japan Cultural policy; Korea History Japanese occupation, 1910-1945; Korea Colonial influence; Korea Foreign public opinion, Japanese; Korea Relations Japan; Japan Relations Korea
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. A Long Engagement -- 2. Ethnography as Self-Reflection: Japanese Anthropology in Colonial Korea -- 3. Curating Koreana: The Management of Culture in Colonial Korea -- 4. The First K-Wave: Koreaphilia in Imperial Japanese Popular Culture -- Epilogue: Postcolonial Valorizations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Primitive selves
• ISBN: 1-282-73257-9; 9786612732577; 0-520-94768-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809490203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Colonialisms ; ; 5.