Primitive Selves: Koreana in the Japanese Colonial Gaze, 1910-1945 Volume 5

by E. Taylor Atkins

Book Overview

This remarkable book examines the complex history of Japanese colonial and postcolonial interactions with Korea, particularly in matters of cultural policy. E. Taylor Atkins 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. Atkins challenges the prevailing view that imperial Japan demonstrated contempt...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520266749
• ISBN13: 9780520266742
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"