Ethnic Nationalism in Korea: Genealogy, Politics, and Legacy

by Gi-Wook Shin

Book Overview

This book explains the roots, politics, and legacy of Korean ethnic nationalism, which is based on the sense of a shared bloodline and ancestry. Belief in a racially distinct and ethnically homogeneous nation is widely shared on both sides of the Korean peninsula, although some scholars believe it is a myth with little historical basis. Finding both positions problematic and treating identity formation as a social and historical construct that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080475408X
• ISBN13: 9780804754088
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"