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EJKS Issue EJKS 23.2

European Journal of Korean Studies – Vol 23.2

EJKS Issue

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 Issue

European Journal of Korean Studies – Vol 23.1

EJKS Issue

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…

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EJKS Issue EJKS 22.2

European Journal of Korean Studies – Vol 22.2

EJKS Issue

Special Section 1 JIHYE KIM, University of Central Lancashire and YONSON AHN, Goethe University Frankfurt Gradual, Diverse, Complex—and Unnoticed: Korean Migration in Europe 11 YONSON AHN, Goethe University Frankfurt Maternal Practices of Korean Healthcare Workers in Germany 45 JIHYE KIM, University of Central Lancashire Together but Separate: Relationships and Boundaries between North and South K……

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CHRIS WEARDEN, SOAS University of London History, Heritage, and Legend in Colonial-Era Tourism: Kyŏngju and P’yŏngyang as Sites of Ideological Contestation

Volume 24.1

Abstract This article explores how historical sites in colonial Korea became arenas of ideological contestation between dominant and counter-hegemonic forces. This contestation is exposed through the production and consumption of heritage tourism, using the former dynastic capitals of Kyŏngju and P’yŏngyang as case studies. Employing a comparative model, the article explores the politics of herita……

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ANNA JUNGEUN LEE, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign New Woman and Colonial Materiality: “How To” Articles and Everyday Consumption

Volume 24.1

Abstract This article focuses on materiality as a frame to reanimate analysis of the concept of the “New Woman” in colonial Korea through a review of magazine articles that contain practical guidelines and reports about the daily life and consumption patterns of New Women. While frequently addressed as a subject, many studies about the New…

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AH-REUM KIM, Hokkaido University Modernizing the Notion of Domesticity in Early and Mid-Colonial Korea: Family Harmony, Conjugal Love, and Kyoyang (Self-Cultivation)

Volume 24.1

Abstract This study aims to investigate the historical development of modern domesticity in early and mid-colonial Korea. It demonstrates how the modern ideas of selfhood and love were integrated into the notion of domesticity, establishing the ideals of conjugal love and family harmony. Focusing on the media practices of the women’s magazine Shin’gajŏng, the article…

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