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Book SynopsisExamines the complex history of Japanese colonial and postcolonial interactions with Korea, particularly in matters of cultural policy. This book focuses on past and present Japanese fascination with Korean culture as he reassesses colonial anthropology, heritage curation, cultural policy, and Korean performance art in Japanese mass media culture.
Trade Review"Atkins succeeds in illustrating the many anxieties and self-contradictions that shaped the Japanese reception, handling and discussion of Korean traditional and popular culture throughout the official, anthropological, curatorial and popular spheres." Japan Times "An asset not only to scholars of Japanese and Korean studies but to readers interested in colonial histories, postcolonial studies, racial studies and cultural studies in general, thanks to its comparative interdisciplinary approach." -- Joowon Yuk Int Journal Of Cultural Policy "The author is to be commended for amassing a wide range of cultural productions ... and shaping them into a more general claim about the relationship between colonialism and culture within the context of modernity." -- Todd Henry Korean Studies "Atkins's study offers a refreshing new perspective." Journal Of Japanese Studies
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction 1. A Long Engagement 2. Ethnography as Self-Reflection: Japanese Anthropology in Colonial Korea 3. Curating Koreana: The Management of Culture in Colonial Korea 4. The First K-Wave: Koreaphilia in Imperial Japanese Popular Culture Epilogue: Postcolonial Valorizations Notes Bibliography Index
