Invented Traditions in North and South Korea

Book Overview

Almost forty years after the publication of Hobsbawm and Ranger's The Invention of Tradition, the subject of invented traditions--cultural and historical practices that claim a continuity with a distant past but which are in fact of relatively recent origin--is still relevant, important, and highly contentious. Invented Traditions in North and South Korea examines the ways in which compressed modernity, Cold War conflict, and ideological opposition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824890507
• ISBN13: 9780824890506
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 426 Pages