Heritage Management in Korea and Japan

Informationen zum Autor Hyung Il Pai Klappentext Hyung Il Pai is professor of East Asian languages and cultural studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Constructing Korean Origins. "Any scholar interested in the politics of culture in imperial Japan or colonial Korea will want this book on his or her shelf." --Robert Oppenheim, University of Texas at Austin Zusammenfassung Imperial tombs! Buddhist architecture! palaces! and art treasures in Korea and Japan have attracted scholars! collectors! and conservators - and millions of tourists. This book highlights how the forces of modernity! nationalism! colonialism! and globalization have contributed to the birth of museums! field disciplines! and tourist industries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Preface: Critical Perspectives on Archaeology, Heritage, and Tourism Conventions Abbreviations 1. Ranking "Korean" Properties: Heritage Administration, South Gate, and Salvaging Buried Remains 2. Collecting Japan's Curios: World Fairs, Imperial Tombs, and Preservation Laws 3. Tracing Japan's Lineage: Art, Architecture, and Conquest Dynasties 4. Searching for the Missing Link: Prehistory, Ethnology, and Racial Discourse 5. Excavating Korea's Past: Colonialists, Archaeologists, and Nostalgic Ruins 6. Rediscovering the Homelands: Travel Myths, Images, and the Narrative of Return Conclusion Contested Ownership: The Plunder and the Return of Cultural Treasures Tables Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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Hyung Il Pai is professor of East Asian languages and cultural studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Constructing Korean Origins.

Zusammenfassung
Imperial tombs, Buddhist architecture, palaces, and art treasures in Korea and Japan have attracted scholars, collectors, and conservators - and millions of tourists. This book highlights how the forces of modernity, nationalism, colonialism, and globalization have contributed to the birth of museums, field disciplines, and tourist industries.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments

Preface: Critical Perspectives on Archaeology, Heritage, and Tourism

Conventions

Abbreviations

1. Ranking "Korean" Properties: Heritage Administration, South Gate, and Salvaging Buried Remains

2. Collecting Japan's Curios: World Fairs, Imperial Tombs, and Preservation Laws

3. Tracing Japan's Lineage: Art, Architecture, and Conquest Dynasties

4. Searching for the Missing Link: Prehistory, Ethnology, and Racial Discourse

5. Excavating Korea's Past: Colonialists, Archaeologists, and Nostalgic Ruins

6. Rediscovering the Homelands: Travel Myths, Images, and the Narrative of Return

Conclusion Contested Ownership: The Plunder and the Return of Cultural Treasures

Tables

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index