Korea : : the past and the present : selected papers from the British Association for Korean studies / / edited by Susan Pares ; with the assistance of J.E. Hoare.

• Author: British Association for Korean Studies.
• TeilnehmendeR: Hoare, James.; Pares, Susan.; British Association for Korean Studies.
• Place / Publishing House: Folkestone : : Global Oriental,, 2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Brill eBook titles
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (723 p.)
• Notes: "BAKS papers series, 1991-2005."

Established in 1982, the British Association for Korean Studies has published nine sets of Papers in the period 1991–2005 – the outcome of conferences, study days and workshops. The themes of Korea past and Korea present were selected to give the editors and BAKS council the widest choice of options in terms of scholarship, subject matter and interest.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Susan Pares and Jim Hoare -- Part 1: The Transition in to the Modern Period: Analysing and Interpreting History Tonghak in the aftermath of the Tonghak rebellion, 1895–1901 / Carl Young -- Fascinating and Dangerous: Japan in Korea’S Enlightenment thought in the 1900S / Vladimir Tikhonov -- Pro-Japanese Economic Alliance Theories during the Period of the Taehan Empire / Kim Yunhee -- Narrative Politics, Nationalism and Korean History / Michael Robinson -- Socio-cultural Implications of the Recent Invention of Tradition in Korea: an Overview / Kim Kwangŏk -- Yanagi Sōetsu and Korean Crafts within the Mingei Movement / Kikuchi Yuko -- Part 2: The Korean Peninsula Since 1945 Leadership transition in Korea and its significance for the region / Suh Dae-Sook -- Where is the king Buried? Legitimacy Struggles on the Korean Peninsula / Alon Levkowitz -- Divisions and Abductions: The Human Cost in Inter-Korean and DPRK-Japanese Relations / James A. Foley -- Music of the Fatherland: The North Korean Soundscape in the Construction of Chongryun Identity in Japan / Paek Inok -- How Different is Pyongyang Speech from Seoul Speech? / Yeon Jaehoon -- The Ilhae Foundation: Beyond a Scandal / Jacqueline Pak -- Kŏnjŏn Kayo: South Korea’S Propaganda Pop / Roald Maliangkay -- South Korean Television Policy and Programmes: A Question of Localism / Ma Dong-Hoon -- ‘Protecting the Nation’: Korean Buddhism under the Rule of Park Chung Hee, 1961–79 / Henrik H. Sørensen -- Minjung Theology and Culture / Werner Sasse -- Protestant Christianity and the State: Religious Organizations as an Example of Civil Society in South Korea / Donald N. Clark -- Korea and the Gulf Crisis / Brian Bridges -- The Juche Doctrine and Kim Il Sung’S Success / John Gittings -- The Place of Religion in North Korean Ideology / Kenneth M. Wells -- Part 3: Economy, Industry and Development Explaining Korean Development: Some Issues of Ideology and Method / Aidan Foster-Carter -- The Quality Puzzle: How has Korean Industry Mastered Technology so Fast? / Andrew Tank -- The Recent Development of Labour Relations in Korea and their Implications for International Investors / Won Chong-Keun -- The globalization of South Korean Automobile Firms and the Korean Government in the 1990s / Park Yun-Kwan -- The Political Economy of the Korean–Japanese Trade Imbalance / Patrick Köllner -- Preliminary Material / Susan Pares and Jim Hoare -- Part 4: The Cultural Tradition Reverse syncretism and the sacred Area of Muak-tong: The Accommodation of Korean Folk Religion to the Religious Forms of Buddhism / James Huntley Grayson -- Why should Korean shamans be Women? / Keith Howard -- Eschatology and Folk Religions in Korean Society / Hyun-Key Kim Hogarth -- Mumunt’ogi and Megalithic Monuments: A Reconsideration of the Dating / Sarah M. Nelson -- Social Structure in a Megalithic Tomb Society in Korea / Kang Bong Won -- Crowning Glory: Headdresses of the Three Kingdoms Period / Lisa Kay Bailey -- Ancient Glass Trade in Korea / Lee Insook -- Technological Parallels Between Chinese Yue Wares and Korean Celadons / Nigel Wood -- Part 5:Literature and the Performing Arts The Tradition of Korean Poetry / Kevin O’rourke.