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  • Primitive Selves

    Koreana in the Japanese Colonial Gaze, 1910–1945

    door E. Taylor Atkins ...
    Serie Boek 5 - Colonialisms
    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 ... Meer lezen

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