Narratives of Nation Building in Korea: A Genealogy of Patriotism

by Sheila Miyoshi Jager

Book Overview

This book offers new insight on how key historical texts and events in Korea's history have contributed to the formation of the nation's collective consciousness. The work is woven around the unifying premise that particular narrative texts/events that extend back to the premodern period have remained important, albeit transformed, over the modern period and into the contemporary period. The author explores the relationship between gender and nationalism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076561068X
• ISBN13: 9780765610683
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"