'Difficult Heritage' in Nation Building: South Korea and Post-Conflict Japanese Colonial Occupation Architecture

by Hyun Kyung Lee

This book explores South Korean responses to the architecture of the Japanese colonial occupation of Korea and the ways that architecture illustrates the relationship between difficult heritage and the formation of national identity. Detailing the specific case of Seoul, Hyun Kyung Lee investigates how buildings are selectively destroyed, preserved, or reconstructed in order to either establish or challenge the cultural identity of places as new...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319663372
• ISBN13: 9783319663371
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"