Westerners' Perceptions of Baekdusan until the Nineteenth Century
Focusing on Materials in English
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19495352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yoong-Hee Jo (corresponding author), Yoong-Hee Jo Yoong-Hee Jo |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 133-149 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Korean Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1229-0076 • E-ISSN: 2733-9351 |
| Publisher | The Academy of Korean Studies (PUBLISHER • KR) |
| DOI | 10.25024/review.2010.13.4.006 |
| OpenAlex | W2206652626 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
Baekdusan (or Changbaishan in China) was the only land border between Joseon and Qing. During the late nineteenth century, Westerners were more interested in traveling Manchuria and the Korean peninsula than before. In many cases, this was for the sake of gaining concessions for natural resources in this area. While they were traveling this region, they recognized the significance of Baekdusan. They gained information on the mountain from both East Asian and Western sources. Even if they were usually attracted by natural resources, potential industry and the labor power of the area, Baekdusan was exceptional. After they confirmed the geographical characteristics of the mountain, they were mainly interested in the cultural history inherent in the mountain and the actual lives of the people in that area. It was in the late nineteenth century when Baekdusan finally revealed its genuine identity relating both sacredness and mundanity to the West. Furthermore, this mountain was almost the final region of East Asia which Westerners explored. In particular, the works on Baekdusan written by James, Campbell, and Cavendish belong to the few travel records which concretely described the mountain entity in the late nineteenth century
Korean studies · Media studies · Perception · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · History · Psychology
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
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