Abstract While Juche propaganda presents North Korean gastronomy as the epitome of authenticity and tradition, North Korean culinary ideology and practice have never been static. Through the decades, food culture in North Korea has been subjected to the impact of economic changes and foreign cultural influences, including those from the Soviet Union and China. Today,…
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…
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……
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…
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…
Abstract This article analyzes ethnographic information about the Korean peninsula that can be found in texts produced by Iberian missionaries during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Although Korea did not generate the same degree of interest as neighboring countries such as China and Japan in which Catholic missions had been established, members of religious orders…
Abstract Ties between Bulgaria and North Korea date back to the aftermath of World War II. Under Soviet hegemony, relations between the two countries have experienced both phases of cooperation and times of distress. Nowadays, despite significantly more distant relations, both countries maintain exchange in education and culture as well as by operating embassies in…
Abstract Although cities can be likened to “mirrors” of society, North Korean urbanity still does not attract the attention it deserves from scholars, who focus almost exclusively on the grandiose residential districts of Pyongyang. In contrast, this piece claims that there is another important form of urban development in Pyongyang, namely infill towers, and discusses…
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…
Abstract In this paper, I explore the ways that authenticity and diasporic “Koreanness” were performed at a “kimjang” festival in New Malden, Surrey, a suburb of London, held in November 2021. The event provided an opportunity to display authentic kimchi and by association, determine an authentic Koreanness in the UK. I focus on how kimchi…