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European Journal of Korean Studies – Vol 24.2

1 TATIANA GABROUSSENKO, Korea University Historical Transformations of North Korean Culinary Nationalism 27 ROMAN HUSARSKI, Jagiellonian University, DOMINIK RUTANA, SWPS University Hell Deconstructed: Two Visions of Hell in Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds and Hellbound 45 MARTIN GEHLMANN, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Outstanding Universal Confucian Value: Negotiating the Inscription of Nine South K… Members Please…

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European Journal of Korean Studies – Vol 24.1

7 CHRIS WEARDEN, SOAS University of London History, Heritage, and Legend in Colonial-Era Tourism: Kyŏngju and P’yŏngyang as Sites of Ideological Contestation 49 ANNA JUNGEUN LEE, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign New Woman and Colonial Materiality: “How To” Articles and Everyday Consumption 71 AH-REUM KIM, Hokkaido University Modernizing the Notion of Domesticity in Early and Mid-Colonial…

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EJKS Issue EJKS 23.2

European Journal of Korean Studies – Vol 23.2

Individual Papers 1 HELEN KIM, University of Leeds Embracing the Funk: Celebrating Authenticity and Nation at the New Malden Kimjang Festival in 2021 29 SEONOK LEE, NHAN NGUYEN, ROBERT VENGERS, JOANA DUARTE, University of Groningen and SUZANNE V. DEKKER, Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning / Fryske Akademy Exploring the Educational Power…

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EJKS 25.1 – Daria Grishina – Reevaluating the Circumstances Surrounding the Conclusion of the 1876 Ganghwa Treaty between Korea and Japan

Abstract The Treaty of Ganghwa, 1876, was the first in succession of what are known to historians as “unequal treaties” that integrated the state of Chosŏn (Korea) into the global diplomatic and economic processes in the late nineteenth century. Korean historiography has traditionally emphasized the involuntary nature of the treaty, stressing that the Chosŏn government…

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EJKS 25.1 – Olga Kim and Oksana Salnikova – Structural and functional features of abbreviations in Korean: word formation and semantic analysis

Abstract The modern Korean language is changing in a number of directions and is actively replenished with new lexical units, among which a significant role is played by abbreviations – complex words formed with the help of morphological reduction, combination and contamination, including borrowed morphemes. These units are formed by means of morphological compression, abbreviation…

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EJKS 25.1 – Medine Pala – Teaching Korean Culture through Korean Mythology for Turkish Learners: Based on an Intercultural Approach

Abstract Language contains the emotions and feelings of a nation. Since emotions are culture-related, it can be difficult to use the target language fluently if you don’t have knowledge of the culture of the country. Literary works help us to understand a number of features of a country, such as culture and customs, history, and…

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