Full Description
Snapshots and Soundbites of Korean Culture takes a novel approach to understanding Korea's past and present by blending sounds, imagery, texts, and online and printed materials to provide a multisensory, multimodal experience of Korean culture.
Each entry showcases vitally important people, objects, places, events, and institutions that help us conceptualise Korean history, society, and culture. The volume comprises short, transcribed lectures on specific aspects of Korean culture, accompanied by explanatory notes, images, and links to a specially prepared website featuring voice recordings, additional images, and class-ready teaching resources. Contributors to the volume include some of the most respected researchers in Korean Studies, such as Martina Deuchler, Don Baker, Chan E. Park, Vladimir Tikhonov, John Duncan, and Park, Tae-gyun, alongside emerging scholars. Each entry is written in an accessible style, making the book appealing to scholars, Korean Studies students, and readers with a general interest in Korea. The variety of topics examined includes iconic objects (ondol), important historical figures (Yun Sŏn-do, Pak Hŏn-yŏng), central events (the 1637 Qing Invasion and the 1980 Kwangju Uprising), and vital beliefs (shamanism) - all of which help us conceptualise what has made Korea the place it is.
Additional resources can be found at snapshotssoundbites.wordpress.com.
The text serves as an academic study, a reference work, a book for leisurely reading, or as primer for university-level Korean Studies survey courses.
Contents
Section 1: Art and Culture
(i) Fine Art
Fine Art Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
1. Green-Glazed Celadon Ceramics of the Koryŏ Period, Charlotte Horlyck
2. Japanese Depictions of Music Among Korean Envoys (The Chōsen Shisetsu Gyōretsu Zukan, 1655?), Keith Howard
(ii) Songs and Music
Songs and Music Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
3. Pansori, an Intercultural History of Korean Story-Singing, Chan E. Park
4. From Squares to Triangles: How to Count Korean Rhythm, Jocelyn Clark
5. Transcending Multiple Borders: Korean Performing Arts and Artists in the Early Twentieth Century, Sunhee Koo
6. The Arrival of Punk Rock in Korea, Stephen Epstein
(iii) Performance and Theatres
Performance and Theatres Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
7. Mask Dance Dramas (Kosŏng Ogwangdae), CedarBough T. Saeji
8. The Seoul Drama Center, Jan Creutzenberg
9. Madanggŭk (People's Theatres) and Taehangno (Theatre District, Seoul), JooYeoul (Jy) Ryu
(iv) Popular Culture in the Two Koreas: South Korea
Popular Culture in the Two Koreas: South Korea Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
10. The Metanarrative of the Nation in Shiri (Dir: Kang Je-Gyu, 1999), Hye Seung Chung
11. Hand-Painted Cinema Billboards in South Korean Cities, Roald Maliangkay
12. K-Dramas That Hurt and Heal, Bonnie Tilland
(v) Popular Culture in the Two Koreas: North Korea
Popular Culture in the Two Koreas: North Korea Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
13. Shin Sang-Ok and the New Wave of North Korean Cinema, Gabor Sebo
14. North Korean Graphic Novels About the Korean War, Andrew David Jackson
Section 2: Religion, Philosophy, Thought, and Texts
(i) Shamanism
Shamanism Introduction, Michael Pettid and Andrew David Jackson
15. Muga - the Songs of the Shaman, Boudewijn Walraven
16. Pari Kongju (Princess Pari, the First Shaman), Michael Pettid
(ii) Buddhism
Buddhism Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
17. The Korean Buddhist Canon: The Koryŏ Taejanggyŏng, Robert E. Buswell, Jr.
18. The Chikchi and Its Global Impact, Kim Jongmyung
19. Kwanseŭm - the Boddhisatva of Compassion, Antonio J. Domenech
20. Toksŏng- the Mysterious Lonely Saint in Korea's Buddhist Monasteries, Beatrix Mecsi
21. Chŏng Yag-yong and Buddhism, Kim Daeyeol
(iii) Confucianism
Confucianism Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
22. Confucianism During Chosŏn-Period Korea, Gregory N. Evon
23. Korean Genealogy (Chokpo), Eugene Y. Park
24. Chosŏn Dynasty Funerary Tablets (Myojimyŏng), Martina Deuchler
(iv) Christianity
Christianity Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
25. On the Translation of the Bible Into Korean, Daniel Pieper
26. The Ilsin Women's Hospital, Hea-Jin Park
(v) Communism
Communism Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
27. On the Politician, Pak Hŏn-yŏng (1900-1956), Vladimir Tikhonov
(vi) Nationalism
Nationalism Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
28. On Pre-Modern Korean Identity, John Duncan
29. Personality Cults Past and Present, Kyung Moon Hwang
(vii) Authors, Texts, and Books
Authors, Texts, and Books Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
30. On the Ten Injunctions (Hunyo sipcho) of the Koryŏ Dynasty, Remco E. Breuker
31. The Poet, Thinker, and Politician, Yun Sŏn-Do (1587-1671), Anastasia A. Guryeva
32. The Chosŏn Dynasty text, Chŏnggamnok (The Records of Chŏnggam), Anders Karlsson
33. The Diary of Sim Wŏn-gwŏn (Sim Wŏn'gwŏn Ilgi), Holly Stephens
34. Pak T'ae-Wŏn's Novel A Day in Life of Kubo, the Novelist, as a Representative Korean Modernist Novel, Justyna Najbar-Miller
35. Children's Literature, Dafna Zur
Section 3: Korean Places, Spaces, Pastimes, Food, and Language
(i) Korean Places and Spaces
Korean Places and Spaces Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
36. The Diving Women of Chejudo, Haenyŏ, Jae-Eun Noh
37. The Kumŏng Kage (Old-Style Corner Shops), Hye-jin Park
38. Korean Bathing Culture: Spaces for Social Communication and Cultural Identity, Jung Youn Moon
39. Ondol/Kudŭl, the Korean Underfloor Heating System, Sungkon (SK) Moon
(ii) Education
Education Introduction, Andrew David Jackson (Monash University)
40. Sunŭng, the South Korean College Entrance Exam, Hyein Cho
(iii) Korean Sports and Pastimes
Korean Sports and Pastimes Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
41. A Brief Historical Account of the General Evolution of Taekwondo, Udo Moenig
(iv) Nutrition
Nutrition Introduction, Andrew David Jackson (Monash University)
42. Korean Ginseng, James B. Lewis
43. The Chilli in Korea, Niamh Calway
44. Sinsŏllo - a Rediscovered Treasure of Korean Cuisine, Maria Osetrova
(v) Language
Language Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
45. On Sinographs (Chinese Characters Used in the Korean Language), Ross King
46. On the Invention of Hangul, Young-Key Kim-Renaud
47. The Other Uses of the Korean Alphabet: Foreign Language Learning in Pre-Modern Korea, Sixiang Wang
48. On the Publication of Korea's First Unabridged Monolingual Dictionary (Chosŏnmal k'ŭn Sajŏn), Daniel Pieper
49. Honorifics, Politeness and Social Change, Lucien Brown
Section 4: Social, Political, and Historical Developments
(i) Social Change
Social Change Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
50. Early Korean Migrants to Hawai`i, Kyounghee Moon
51. The Meaning of Multiculturalism (Tamunhwa) in South Korea, Erin Aeran Chung
52. Markets and North Korean Women, 2015, Andrew David Jackson
(ii) Invasions
Invasions Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
53. Waegu (Japanese Pirates), 1350 to 1419, Damien Peladan
54. The Court Debate Over the 1637 Qing Invasion, Seung B. Kye
(iii) Factionalism in Chosŏn
Factionalism in Chosŏn Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
55. Political Factionalism in Chosŏn Korea, Andrew David Jackson
(iv) The Korean War and the Vietnam War
The Korean War and the Vietnam War Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
56. On the POW Issue During the Korean War, Park, Tae-gyun
57. On the 1954 US-ROK Agreed Minutes, Park, Tae Gyun
58. South Korean Participation in the Vietnam War, Christopher Lovins
(v) Democratisation and Protest
Democratisation and Protest Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
59. On the Kwangju Uprising, 1980, Don Baker
60. On the 1987 Seoul Demonstrations (the June Uprising), Roland Bleiker
61. On the 1987 Constitutional Reforms, Hannes B. Mosler
62. The Student Movement of the 1990s, Tae-sik Kim
(vi) Historical Controversies
Historical Controversies Introduction, Andrew David Jackson
63. The Koguryŏ Controversy and Korea's 'Shared History' With China, David Hundt
Index
