Overview
- One of the first extended studies of Japanese colonial architecture in South Korea, uniquely framed within the context of cultural heritage and nation building
- Offers a clear case study that articulates the complex concept of ‘difficult heritage’, arguing that it should be distinguished from ‘negative/dark’ heritage due to the diverse and complicated heritagization
- Demonstrates that an expansion of the framework for understanding what makes historic sites 'difficult heritage' is required in heritage theory
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict (PSCHC)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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 political orders are developed. In addition, she illuminates the Korean traditional concept of feng shui as a core indigenous framework for understanding the relationship between space and power, as it is associated with nation-building processes and heritagization.
By providing a detailed study of a case little known outside of East Asia, ‘Difficult Heritage’ in Nation Building will expand the framework of Western-centered heritage research by introducing novel Asian perspectives.Reviews
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Hyun Kyung Lee is a post-doctoral research fellow working on the Academy of Korean Studies-funded research project “Beyond the Cold War, towards a community of Asia” at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities, University of Cambridge, UK and Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, South Korea. In collaboration with her Taiwanese colleague Shu-Mei Huang, she is preparing a monograph on the remembering of punishment in post-colonial Asian cities.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: 'Difficult Heritage' in Nation Building
Book Subtitle: South Korea and Post-Conflict Japanese Colonial Occupation Architecture
Authors: Hyun Kyung Lee
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66338-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-66337-1Published: 02 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66338-8Published: 23 April 2019
Series ISSN: 2634-6419
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6427
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 313
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cultural Heritage, Asian Culture, History of Korea, Asian Politics, Urban Studies/Sociology