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Busy Koreans : essays on contemporary culture and society of South Korea in East Asian context

Busy Koreans : essays on contemporary culture and society of South Korea in East Asian context (1회 대출)

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개인저자
김혜원 金惠媛.
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Busy Koreans : essays on contemporary culture and society of South Korea in East Asian context / Hyewon Kang Kim.
발행사항
Seoul :   Korea University Press,   2014.  
형태사항
192 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN
9788976418586
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Includes bibliographical references.
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책소개

This book Busy Koreans is the English edition of an award-winning Korean book To Have Dim Sum for Jeomsim, which was selected for The Year’s Excellent Books in the social science category by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Korean Government in 2013.

This book consists of five chapters. The first chapter, entitled The Ever-evolving Nature of Culture, is designed to explain the basic attributes of culture before discussing each cultural aspect in greater detail. The topics that will be discussed here are: how East Asian culture has been affected by Orientalism, how economic development has influenced cultural changes in South Korea and China, what secrets are behind the Korean Wave, why South Korean literature has been so serious, why golf has become a status symbol in South Korea, and a few more.

The second chapter, entitled The Ways of Thinking, covers East Asians’ beliefs. The topics that will be discussed in this chapter are: why South Koreans share a strong sense of group consciousness, how Confucian traditions have affected South Koreans, why Christianity has become so popular in South Korea and China, what myths South Koreans have, why South Koreans have an inferiority complex of a marginal state, and so on.


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저자소개

Hyewon Kang Kim(지은이)

Hyewon Kang Kim is the author of the Chinese book 《中韓文化談Talk about Cultures of China and Korea》 published by Peking University Press. The book was selected for the recognized Phoenix Great Book List鳳凰好?榜 in 2013, reviewed by Wen Yi Bao, China Publishing & Media Journal, and Dajianet, etc. Another of her recent publication is an award-winning Korean book 《딤섬으로 점심먹기To Have Dim Sum for Jeomsim》 published by Korea University Press, which was selected for The Year’s Excellent Books in the social science category by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Korean Government in 2013. She has published many articles on cultural phenomena and films, as well as more academic researches on Korean linguistics and language teaching. She also wrote a poetry book 《사랑할 사람The One to Love》 published by Kyungin Publishing in 2011. She regularly writes articles on liberal arts for the Korean newspaper Maeil Business Newspaper as an invited scholar. Born and raised in South Korea, she graduated from Yonsei University with a major in French literature, and then studied Korean language and culture for her PhD from the graduate school of Kyung Hee University. After she moved to Hong Kong in 1997, she served as the founding director of the Korean studies programmes at City University of Hong Kong and The University of Hong Kong. Currently she is working for The Cultural Studies Centre of East Asia in Hong Kong as the director and senior research fellow.

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목차

Preface

Chapter 1. The Ever-evolving Nature of Culture
Hierarchy of Cultures
Culture and Economic Development
Popular Culture
Culture and Literature
Horse Racing and Golf

Chapter 2. The Ways of Thinking

Individualism and Collectivism
The First Confucius Institute
Church Cross and Fortune Cat
Horse Riders
Travelogues

Chapter 3. Linguistic Culture

The Korean and Chinese Languages
Foreign Words and Native Words
Speech and Writing

Chapter 4. Lifestyle and Rituals

Moon Cakes and Songpyun
Excuses for the Gangneung Dano Festival
Topoki Research Center and Jjajangmyun Museum
Siheyuan and Hanok
Wines

Chapter 5. Understanding Social Issues through Culture

Credentials and Looks
Money
Local Color
Impression of South Korea and Its People

Bibliography
The Source of the Articles
Glossary


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