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This volume contains translationsâmany appearing for the first time in the English languageâof major literary, critical, and historical essays from the colonial period (1910â1945) in Korea. Considered representative of the debates among and between Korean and Japanese thinkers of the colonial period, these texts shed light on relatively unexplored aspects of intellectual life and take part in current conversations around the nature of the colonial experience and its effects on post-liberation Korean society and culture. The essays, each preceded by a scholarly introduction giving necessary historical and biographical context, represent a diverse spectrum of ideological positions and showcase the complexity of intellectual life and scholarship in colonial Korea. They allow new perspectives on an important period in Korean history, a period that continues to inform political, social, and cultural life in crucial ways across East Asia. The translations also provide an important counterpoi

Imperatives of Culture Selected Essays on Korean

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      Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/30/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780824838218, 978-0824838218
      ISBN10: 0824838211
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      Book Synopsis
      This volume contains translationsâmany appearing for the first time in the English languageâof major literary, critical, and historical essays from the colonial period (1910â1945) in Korea. Considered representative of the debates among and between Korean and Japanese thinkers of the colonial period, these texts shed light on relatively unexplored aspects of intellectual life and take part in current conversations around the nature of the colonial experience and its effects on post-liberation Korean society and culture. The essays, each preceded by a scholarly introduction giving necessary historical and biographical context, represent a diverse spectrum of ideological positions and showcase the complexity of intellectual life and scholarship in colonial Korea. They allow new perspectives on an important period in Korean history, a period that continues to inform political, social, and cultural life in crucial ways across East Asia. The translations also provide an important counterpoi

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