Korean National Identity under Japanese Colonial Rule - 9781138683082

Name: Korean National Identity under Japanese Colonial Rule - 9781138683082
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Korean National Identity under Japanese Colonial RuleYi Gwangsu and the March First Movement of 1919\nAuthor(s): Michael Shin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138683082, 978-1138683082\nSynopsis\nModern Korean nationalism has been shaped by the turbulent historical forces that shook and transformed the peninsula during the twentieth century, including foreign occupation, civil war, and division. This book examines the emergence of the nation as the hegemonic form of collective identity after the March First Movement of 1919, widely seen as one of the major turning points of modern Korean history. The analysis focuses on Yi Gwangsu [tel], a pioneering novelist, newspaper editor, and leader of the nationalist movement, who was directly involved in many aspects of its emergence during the Japanese occupation period. Yi Gwangsu was one of the few intellectuals who not only wrote for almost the entirety of the colonia.