**Understanding the K-pop Phenomenon and Hallyu**
Gil-Sung PARK / [On this topic] From Fragile Cosmopolitanism to Sustainable
Multicultural Vigor
Gil-Sung PARK / Manufacturing Creativity: Production, Performance, and
Dissemination of K-pop
Ingyu OH and Hyo-Jung LEE / Mass Media Technologies and Popular Music
Genres: K-pop and YouTube
Andrew Eungi KIM, Fitria MAYASARI, and Ingyu OH / When Tourist Audiences
Encounter Each Other: Diverging Learning Behaviors of K-pop Fans from Japan
and Indonesia
Wonho JANG and Youngsun KIM / Envisaging the Sociocultural Dynamics of
K-pop: Time/Space Hybridity, Red Queen?s Race, and Cosmopolitan Striving
ARTICLES
Chisung PARK, Mark WILDING, and Sung-Jun MYUNG / Online Learning Patterns
and the Social Construction of U.S. Beef Imports in Korea: A Comparison of
Three Online Communities
Don BAKER / Rhetoric, Ritual, and Political Legitimacy: Justifying Yi
Seong-gye?s Ascension to the Throne
LEE Kyou Jin and CHO Mi Sook / The Evolution of *Bulgogi *over the Past 100
Years
BOOK REVIEW
Aie-Rie LEE / *South Korean Social Movements: From Democracy* *to Civil
Society*, edited by Gi-Wook Shin and Paul Y. Chang
Friday, December 13, 2013
teaching Korean War (and other Asia conflicts) by novels
Ha Jin's War Trash? It's a novel, not a short story, but is a powerful fictional account of what it was like to be a Chinese POW during the Korean War. For the Vietnam War, another novel you might find useful is Hwang Suk-Young's The Shadow of Arms. You could also have them read Ahn Junghyo's White Badge on Koreans in the Vietnam War. And, for short stories, look at Bruce Fulton's translations in The Red Room: Stories of Trauma in Contemporary Korea. There are also the short stories of Hwang Sun won, Mountains (in Fulton's anthology Land of Exile) and Cranes, in Modern Korean Fiction: an Anthology.
--D.Baker
Regarding short stories set around the Korean War, the first that come to mind are: "Cranes," by Hwang Sunwon, "Kapitan Lee" by Chon Kwangyong, and "Aimless Bullet" (Obalt'an) (post-war) by Yi Pomson (Beomseon). All three of these stories can be found in Peter Lee's *Flowers of Fire: Twentieth Century Korean Stories.* I haven't read it yet, but I've heard good things about the novel "The Guest" by Hwang Sokyong (Seokyeong).
--D. Torrey, U. Utah
The short story "Cranes" by Hwang Sunwon. There is a translation and note on the story in Azalea Journal Vol. 1, 2007. The story creates a very interesting and compelling reading of the notion of "North" and "South" in the conflict.
--D. McCann
Pak Wanso's stories such as "In the Realm of the Buddha" in *The Red Room* quoted above; and those in *My Very Last Possession and Other Stories *work well in class*; *It might be interesting to compare Hwang Sok Young's works on the Korean and Vietnam Wars: *The Guest *with *The Shadow of Arms, *for example, although these are long novels. Other recommended works about the Vietnam War are Le Minh Khue's *The Stars, the Earth, the River* and Bao Ninh's *The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam*. How about films? Relating Korean, U.S. and Vietnamese filmic representations of the Vietnam War would be interesting. Korean films such as *White Badge*and *Sunny* come to mind... From Hollywood, there are so many, but *Apocalypse Now* and *Deer Hunter* are classics that still work well in class. You could do something similar with films and literature about the Korean war
--N.A.Kwon
There's also another very good full-length novel by Ahn Junghyo, Silver Stallion, set against the Korean War.
--M.Duffy
==original question: M. Robinson
I'm teaching a course in the spring term on "The Cross Cultural Experiences of War" which deals with US wars in Asia: WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam.
I'm using fiction in part to get students to think about how these wars have affected our attitudes and relations with East Asia. I am using Heinz Insu Fenkl's wonderful "Memories of My Ghost Bother" to cover Korean War aftermaths
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
online conversational Q and A source for things Korean
This service provides responses from native speakers of Korean language & life, not necessarily academically rooted:
Monday, September 16, 2013
online "Encyclopedia of Korea" (1999)
The Encyclopaedia of Korea (1999) is now online as part of the Open Access Digital Collections of the Australian National University.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
the flavor of typefaces - choices & challenges
The Korean Japanese artist Towa Tei (???) presents the cultural politics of typeface-culture (from the 1990s): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77rKwBUfzH8
Monday, June 10, 2013
The Power of a Temple Bell
[page 151-2 of Simon Winchester's 1984 book, Korea -A walk through the land of miracles]
...The sound was huge, a great roaring gong sound that cannoned across many octaves and twined itself into many harmonies. It filled the air with vibrations, it echoed around the hills, it cascaded from within the bellhouse itself, and then, just as it was beginning to fade away, the young monk struck at the metal lips again and another layer of perfect clean sound overtook the now dying notes, and the old echoes were supplanted by new ones, and new harmonies came and went with a strange and beautiful but slightly unsettling effect. The temple bell had been booming out its evening call here for centuries; it was almost as much a part of the mountains as the rocks and the streams themselves.Monday, May 27, 2013
sifting Korean Studies discussion group online
about www.koreaweb.ws (excerpt from overview of purposes and principles circular)
...While the KoreanStudies discussion list is similar to an academic seminar, open only to those with a serious academic commitment to Korean Studies,
its Mailing List Archives as well as the Korean Studies Review (an electronic review journal of works pertaining to Korean Studies) are
available to all. Postings from this forum may be quoted but, with the exception of job and conference announcements, are not to be reprinted
in full elsewhere without the express permission of the author...
its Mailing List Archives as well as the Korean Studies Review (an electronic review journal of works pertaining to Korean Studies) are
available to all. Postings from this forum may be quoted but, with the exception of job and conference announcements, are not to be reprinted
in full elsewhere without the express permission of the author...
Sunday, May 12, 2013
old photos DPRK and ROK
Rare Images of (Northern) Korea before the Kims, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/04/17/once_upon_a_time_in_pyongyang_north_korea?wp_login_redirect=0
Remarkable Images of South Korea, before Samsung & PSY, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/02/01/once_upon_a_time_in_seoul_south_korea
Remarkable Images of South Korea, before Samsung & PSY, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/02/01/once_upon_a_time_in_seoul_south_korea
Saturday, May 4, 2013
photos - DPRK (D. Guttenfelder awarded)
David Guttenfelder, whose terrific images from North Korea have become a window into the Hermit Kingdom, was honored Wednesday at the 2013 Infinity
Awards <http://www.icp.org/support-icp/infinity-awards/david-guttenfelder> by the International Center for Photography.
North Korean Video starts at 2:20 mark, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/02/see-david-guttenfelders-award-winning-photos-from-inside-north-korea/
More images from inside North Korea by David Guttenfelder, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/inside-north-korea/2013/03/08/53000614-877c-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_gallery.html#photo=1
and
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/inside-north-korea-2011/2011/12/19/gIQAwoHh3O_gallery.html#photo=1
Awards <http://www.icp.org/support-icp/infinity-awards/david-guttenfelder> by the International Center for Photography.
North Korean Video starts at 2:20 mark, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/02/see-david-guttenfelders-award-winning-photos-from-inside-north-korea/
More images from inside North Korea by David Guttenfelder, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/inside-north-korea/2013/03/08/53000614-877c-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_gallery.html#photo=1
and
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/inside-north-korea-2011/2011/12/19/gIQAwoHh3O_gallery.html#photo=1
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Koreanist expertise & news media
in connection to DPRK recent aggressive expressions, these instances are examples in which scholars have a voice on the public airwaves
http://newnations.com/headlines/nk.php#new1 Also includes a background article on DPRK: http://www.newnations.com/headlines/nk.php#top
http://www.newnations.com/ is a site well worth checking out: much info on many countries.
17 February 2013 View from N Korea is of a nuclear world
We need to understand how things look as seen from Pyongyang, and why. A
mildly contrarian op-ed for the FT (subscription needed)
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
PICTORI online photo database for Korean Studies
http://pictori.net Pictori enables users to upload, manage, share, and use all kinds of images related to Korean studies. Although many list members will already be using other image hosting websites such as Flickr, Photobucket, Instagram or Pinterest, Pictori offers better protection, and more metadata input tools as well as geographic information, allowing users to indicate on a map
exactly where a picture was taken. This feature is unique to image management sites, and it will hopefully provide a useful resource. Pictori also allows you to comment on pictures or ask for help in identifying them.
exactly where a picture was taken. This feature is unique to image management sites, and it will hopefully provide a useful resource. Pictori also allows you to comment on pictures or ask for help in identifying them.
The About page carries more information about the site, and its use. http://www.pictori.net/about
NB: clicking on thumbnails will show the image and all known metadata (including a map where applicable). To see the full-size version of images,
users must be logged in.
NB: clicking on thumbnails will show the image and all known metadata (including a map where applicable). To see the full-size version of images,
users must be logged in.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
old Korea - texts to read
cross-posting from electronic list, KoreanStudies
lists and descriptions of older texts about Korea
1. Texts mentioning or describing Korea published in the 16th and 17th centuries. http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/EarliestMentionsKorea.html
2. Texts mentioning or describing Korea published in the 18th and early 19th centuries. http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/EarliestAccountsKorea18century.html
3. Texts of some later 19th- and early 20th-century accounts of Korea http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/Myearlytexts.html
All these links can be found at the top of Old Books about Korea http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/BooksKorea.htm together with a short listing of all the sections of text that have been copied, edited and included.
Included, also, are: an English translation of Henri Zuber's account of the French expedition to Ganghwa Island and of (so far) one section of Charles Varat's journey, for the benefit of any whose French is rusty.
1. Texts mentioning or describing Korea published in the 16th and 17th centuries. http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/EarliestMentionsKorea.html
2. Texts mentioning or describing Korea published in the 18th and early 19th centuries. http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/EarliestAccountsKorea18century.html
3. Texts of some later 19th- and early 20th-century accounts of Korea http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/Myearlytexts.html
All these links can be found at the top of Old Books about Korea http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/BooksKorea.htm together with a short listing of all the sections of text that have been copied, edited and included.
Included, also, are: an English translation of Henri Zuber's account of the French expedition to Ganghwa Island and of (so far) one section of Charles Varat's journey, for the benefit of any whose French is rusty.
Brother Anthony, President, RASKB, Seoul
Saturday, January 5, 2013
over 400 Korean films online (free)
cross-posted from KoreanStudies-Web:
The Korean Film Archive has released 70 classic Korean movies, free online and available to the public. All 70 movies are commercial free, with Korean captions and English subtitles.
The movies date from 1949 to 1996 and most of them reflect the social issues of that time.
Categorical breakdown of these films are as follows:
1. Weekly Top Ten http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6C8998808EBF530E2. HD: 7
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL91CCF315750E00F53. 1949: 1
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5D6716D5774631C84. 1950s: 13
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB36747D4ABE492D05. 1960s: 24
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC403C945BEE631E77. 1970s: 6
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL45947BD7780317948. 1980s: 15
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC5EBBCD66FD252F89. 1990s: 10
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL923052D060E61EF210. Director Kim Ki-yong's Works: 7
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC9AB9E77C6A4213511. Director Shin Sang-ok's Works: 6
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL787B4B9F8A07125E12. Director ...Im Kwon-taek's Works: 4
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL869F027150CACBFE
The Korean Film Archive also has more than 400 pay-per-view films at http://www.kmdb.or.kr/vod/
The Korean Film Archive has released 70 classic Korean movies, free online and available to the public. All 70 movies are commercial free, with Korean captions and English subtitles.
The movies date from 1949 to 1996 and most of them reflect the social issues of that time.
Categorical breakdown of these films are as follows:
1. Weekly Top Ten http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6C8998808EBF530E2. HD: 7
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL91CCF315750E00F53. 1949: 1
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5D6716D5774631C84. 1950s: 13
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB36747D4ABE492D05. 1960s: 24
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC403C945BEE631E77. 1970s: 6
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL45947BD7780317948. 1980s: 15
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC5EBBCD66FD252F89. 1990s: 10
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL923052D060E61EF210. Director Kim Ki-yong's Works: 7
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC9AB9E77C6A4213511. Director Shin Sang-ok's Works: 6
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL787B4B9F8A07125E12. Director ...Im Kwon-taek's Works: 4
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL869F027150CACBFE
The Korean Film Archive also has more than 400 pay-per-view films at http://www.kmdb.or.kr/vod/
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