'Difficult Heritage' in Nation Building South Korea and Post-Conflict Japanese Colonial Occupation Architecture /

• Main Author: Lee, Hyun Kyung (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict
• Subjects: Cultural heritage.; Ethnology-Asia.; Korea-History.; Asia-Politics and government.; Sociology, Urban.; Cultural Heritage.; Asian Culture.; History of Korea.; Asian Politics.; Urban Studies/Sociology.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Problematic past and Difficult Heritage: The Japanese Colonial Occupation of Korea and Its Architectural Legacies
• 2. Mapping the Memories of the JCO
• 3. Seodaemun Prison: From Symbol of Fear and Violence to Symbol of Freedom and Victory
• 4. Gyeongbokgung Palace and the Japanese Government-General Building (JGGB): Power Struggles and the Contested Places of Korean National Identity
• 5. Dongdaemun Stadium: Between Korean Tradition, Colonial Memory, and Dreams for the Future
• 6. South Korean Responses to Japanese Colonial Occupation Architecture (JCOA)
• Conclusion: The role of Difficult Heritage in Nation-Building in South Korea.