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…
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…
Special Section 1 MARK E. CAPRIO, Rikkyo University Introduction: Four Interpretations of the North Korean “Dream” of Building a Socialist Society: 1945–1960 5 SERGEI KURBANOV, St. Petersburg University Dreams of Socialism Reflected in a 1947 North Korean School Textbook 23 MARK E. CAPRIO, Rikkyo University Preparing to Fail: Growing North–South Divisions during the Period of…
From the Lowest Class to Becoming Benefactors: Benefit Concerts of Kisaeng in Colonial Korea (HEEYOUNG CHOI)
Abstract This article examines benefit concerts organized by kisaeng guilds during the Japanese colonial period, drawing on newspaper and magazine sources. These events supported disaster victims, the poor, and schools, showcasing kisaeng as contributors to public welfare despite their marginalized status. Active from the 1910s, these concerts reflected kisaeng’s aspirations for social recognitio… Members Please…
Representations of Koreans in Russia in the Russian Press in the Second Half of the Nineteenth– Early Twentieth Centuries (ALEXANDER KIM)
Abstract The Korean diaspora has lived in the Russian Far East since the nineteenth century. The history of the Korean diaspora’s existence in the region was politicized for several reasons. Due to Chosŏn’s pursuit of an isolationist policy until the mid-nineteenth century, to the Russian population Koreans were almost unknown. Small groups of Koreans were…
Communicative Democracy: In the Ancient Athenian Court and the Modern Korean Website pann.nate.com (EUNBIN KIM)
Abstract The manner in which online discussion enhances democracy has been explored extensively in public forums, such as political debates. The internet, however, has caused changes not only in the public sector but also in the private sector, for example, in the communication process for the notification and resolution of issues for individuals subjected to…