Construction of Korean Culture in Korean Language Textbooks - Ideologies and Textbooks

This book examines how Korean culture has been represented in Korean language textbooks over the last 120 years. It analyzes cultural change through the historical context of South Korea’s pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial periods.

List of contents

Introduction: The Historical Development of Korean Language Education Chapter 1: Analysis of Korean Language Textbooks in the Pre-Colonial Era
Chapter 2: Analysis of Textbooks of the Colonial Period
Chapter 3: Analysis of Textbooks of the Neo-Colonial Period
Chapter 4: Analysis of Korean Language Textbooks of the 1980s
Chapter 5: Analysis of Korean Language Textbooks of the 1990s
Chapter 6: Analysis of Korean Language Textbooks of the 21st Century
Chapter 7: Summary and Conclusions

About the author

Dong Bae Lee is coordinator of the Korean program at the University of Queensland.

Summary

This book examines how Korean culture has been represented in Korean language textbooks over the last 120 years. It analyzes cultural change through the historical context of South Korea's pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial periods.

Product details

• Authors: Dong Bae Lee
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781793605672
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-567-2
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Lexington Studies on Korea's P; Lexington Studies on Korea's Place in International Relations; Bloomsbury Studies on Korea's Place in International Relations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Korea, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, International Relations, HISTORY / Asia / Korea, Literature: history & criticism, Korean, Asian History, Literature: history and criticism