Tag: Korean

April 25, 2024

Fate and Freedom in Korean Historical Films

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Free Download Kyung Moon Hwang, "Fate and Freedom in Korean Historical Films "
English | ISBN: 3031272676 | 2023 | 274 pages | PDF | 6 MB
This open access book examines the depiction of Korean history in recent South Korean historical films. Released over the Hallyu ("Korean Wave") period starting in the mid-1990s, these films have reflected, shaped, and extended the thriving public discourse over national history. In these works, the balance between fate and freedom―the negotiation between societal constraints and individual will, as well as cyclical and linear history―functions as a central theme, subtext, or Description device for illuminating a rich variety of historical events, figures, and issues. In sum, these highly accomplished films set in Korea’s past address universal concerns about the relationship between structure and agency, whether in collective identity or in individual lives. Written in an engaging and accessible style by an established historian, Fate and Freedom in Korean Historical Films

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April 25, 2024

Emotions in Korean Philosophy and Religion Confucian, Comparative, and Contemporary Perspectives

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Free Download Edward Y. J. Chung, "Emotions in Korean Philosophy and Religion: Confucian, Comparative, and Contemporary Perspectives "
English | ISBN: 3030947467 | 2022 | 406 pages | PDF | 11 MB
This pioneering book presents thirteen articles on the fascinating topic of emotions (jeong 情) in Korean philosophy and religion. Its introductory chapter comprehensively provides a textual, philosophical, ethical, and religious background on this topic in terms of emotions West and East, emotions in the Chinese and Buddhist traditions, and Korean perspectives. Chapters 2 to 5 of part I discuss key Korean Confucian thinkers, debates, and ideas. Chapters 6 to 8 of part II offer comparative thoughts from Confucian moral, political, and social angles. Chapters 9 to 12 of part III deal with contemporary Buddhist and eco-feminist perspectives. The concluding chapter discusses ground-breaking insights into the diversity, dynamics, and distinctiveness of Korean emotions.

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January 30, 2024

Chinese Labor in a Korean Factory Class, Ethnicity, and Productivity on the Shop Floor in Globalizing China

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Free Download Jaesok Kim, "Chinese Labor in a Korean Factory: Class, Ethnicity, and Productivity on the Shop Floor in Globalizing China"
English | 2013 | pages: 305 | ISBN: 080478454X | PDF | 12,4 mb
Chinese Labor in a Korean Factorydraws on fieldwork in a multinational corporation (MNC) in Qingdao, China, and delves deep into the power dynamics at play between Korean management, Chinese migrant workers, local-level Chinese government officials, and Chinese local gangs. Anthropologist Jaesok Kim examines how governments, to attract MNCs, relinquish parts of their legal rights over these entities, while MNCs also give up portions of their rights as proxies of global capitalism by complying with local government guidelines to ensure infrastructure and cheap labor. This ethnography demonstrates how a particular MNC struggled with the pressure to be increasingly profitable while negotiating the clash of Korean and Chinese cultures, traditions, and classes on the factory floor of a garment corporation. Chinese Labor in a Korean Factory pays particular attention to common features of post-socialist countries. By analyzing the contentious collaboration between foreign management, factory workers, government officials, and gangs, this study contributes not only to the research on the politics of resistance but also to how global and local forces interact in concrete and surprising ways.

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January 26, 2024

Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950

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Free Download Suzy Kim, "Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1501705687, 0801452139 | EPUB | pages: 328 | 3.1 mb
During the founding of North Korea, competing visions of an ideal modern state proliferated. Independence and democracy were touted by all, but plans for the future of North Korea differed in their ideas about how everyday life should be organized. Daily life came under scrutiny as the primary arena for social change in public and private life.

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January 12, 2024

Judy Joo’s Korean Soul Food Authentic dishes and modern twists

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Free Download Yuki Sugiura, "Judy Joo’s Korean Soul Food: Authentic dishes and modern twists"
English | 2019 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 0711242100 | EPUB | 40,8 mb
Fresh from the success of Korean Food Made Simple, chef Judy Joo is back with a brand new collection of recipes that celebrate the joys of Korean comfort food and getstraight to the heart and soul of the kitchen.

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