Korean National Identity Under Japanese Colonial Rule - Yi Gwangsu and the March First Movement of 1919

This book examines the emergence of the nation as the hegemonic form of collective identity after the March First Movement of 1919, widely seen as one of the major turning points of modern Korean history.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I:
Chapter 1. Pyeongan Province
Chapter 2. Print Capitalism
Chapter 3. Modern Literature
Chapter 4. The Cultural Policy
Chapter 5. Reconstruction and Culturalism
Chapter 6. National Literature and Melodrama
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Michael D. Shin is a Lecturer in Korean Studies and a Fellow of Robinson College at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Summary

This book examines the emergence of the nation as the hegemonic form of collective identity after the March First Movement of 1919, widely seen as one of the major turning points of modern Korean history.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Shin, Michael D. Shin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9780367438654
• ISBN: 978-0-367-43865-4
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Japan, Korea, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1910 to c 1919, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)