Description
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.
About the Author
E. Taylor Atkins is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University and the author of Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan.
Reviews
"Atkins succeeds in illustrating the many anxieties and self-contradictions that shaped the Japanese reception, handling and discussion of Korean traditional and popular culture throughout the official, anthropological, curatorial and popular spheres." Japan Times "An asset not only to scholars of Japanese and Korean studies but to readers interested in colonial histories, postcolonial studies, racial studies and cultural studies in general, thanks to its comparative interdisciplinary approach." -- Joowon Yuk Int Journal Of Cultural Policy "The author is to be commended for amassing a wide range of cultural productions ... and shaping them into a more general claim about the relationship between colonialism and culture within the context of modernity." -- Todd Henry Korean Studies "Atkins's study offers a refreshing new perspective." Journal Of Japanese Studies
Book Information
ISBN 9780520266742
Author E. Taylor Atkins
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 363g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 23mm
About the Author
E. Taylor Atkins is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University and the author of Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan.
Reviews
"Atkins succeeds in illustrating the many anxieties and self-contradictions that shaped the Japanese reception, handling and discussion of Korean traditional and popular culture throughout the official, anthropological, curatorial and popular spheres." Japan Times "An asset not only to scholars of Japanese and Korean studies but to readers interested in colonial histories, postcolonial studies, racial studies and cultural studies in general, thanks to its comparative interdisciplinary approach." -- Joowon Yuk Int Journal Of Cultural Policy "The author is to be commended for amassing a wide range of cultural productions ... and shaping them into a more general claim about the relationship between colonialism and culture within the context of modernity." -- Todd Henry Korean Studies "Atkins's study offers a refreshing new perspective." Journal Of Japanese Studies
Book Information
ISBN 9780520266742
Author E. Taylor Atkins
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 363g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 23mm
