Aesthetic Constructions of Korean Nationalism

Spectacle, Politics, and History

Bibliographic Data

ID7536809
AuthorsHong Kal (corresponding author)
Year2011
Pages164
Publication date2011-05-12
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueAesthetic constructions of Korean nationalism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203816042
OpenAlexW4233869252
Open LibraryOL25075038M
ISBN9780203816042
LanguageEN
Citations received10

While most studies on Korean nationalism centre on textual analysis, Aesthetic Constructions of Korean Nationalism offers a different approach. It looks at expositions, museums and the urban built environment at particular moments in both colonial and postcolonial eras and analyses their discursive relations in the construction of Korean nationalism. By linking concepts of visual spectacle, urban space and governmentality, this book explores how such notions made the nation imaginable to the public in both the past and the present; how they represented a new modality of seeing for the state and contributed to the shaping of collective identities in colonial and postcolonial Korea. The author further examines how their different modes were associated with the change in governmentality in Korea. In addressing these questions, the book interprets the politics behind the culture of displays and shows both the continuity and the transformation of spectacles as a governing technology in twentieth-century Korea. Aesthetic Constructions of Korean Nationalism is a significant contribution to a study of the politics of visual culture in colonial and postcolonial Korea. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of Korean Studies, Culture and Heritage Studies and Asian Studies

Aesthetics · Art · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Japanese History and Culture · Law · 20th century · Arts · Exhibitions · History · Korea · Political aspects · Political Ideologies

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