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  • Emotions, Affect, and Narrative in Korean History and Culture

    Series series Hawai‘i Studies on Korea
    This collection of eleven essays explores emotions and affect in Korean culture across a broad temporal span, from the Koryŏ dynasty (918–1392) to the present. Drawing on a diverse array of sources—including memoirs, diplomatic letters, newspapers, films, video diaries, photographs, and ethnographic interviews—the volume examines how emotions intervene in public discourse and how affect is shaped, ... Leer más

    $28.49 USD

  • Virtue That Matters

    Chastity Culture and Social Power in Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910)

    de Jungwon Kim ...
    Series Libro 477 - Harvard East Asian Monographs
    Virtue That Matters is a groundbreaking exploration of the intricate dynamics of chastity culture in Chosŏn Korea from 1392 to 1910, shedding light on its political, legal, social, and cultural significance. In this book, Jungwon Kim demonstrates how an emphasis on female chastity came to pervade society as it intertwined with state ideology and elite interests. By analyzing a copious range of ... Leer más

    $49.19 USD

  • Wrongful Deaths

    Selected Inquest Records from Nineteenth-Century Korea

    Series series Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
    This collection presents and analyzes inquest records that tell the stories of ordinary Korean people under the Choson court (1392-1910). Extending the study of this period, usually limited to elites, into the realm of everyday life, each inquest record includes a detailed postmortem examination and features testimony from everyone directly or indirectly related to the incident. The result is an ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Beyond Death

    The Politics of Suicide and Martyrdom in Korea

    Series series Center For Korea Studies Publications
    Suicide and martyrdom are closely intertwined with Korean social and political processes. In this first book-length study of the evolving ideals of honorable death and martyrdom from the Chosŏn Dynasty (1392–1910) to contemporary South Korea, interdisciplinary essays explore the changing ways in which Korean historical agents have considered what constitutes a sociopolitically meaningful death and ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

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  • The Origins of the Choson Dynasty

    Series series Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
    The Origins of the Choson Dynasty provides an exhaustive analysis of the structure and composition of Korea's central officialdom during the transition from the Koryo dynasty (918-1392) to the Choson dynasty (1392-1910) and offers a new interpretation of the history of traditional Korea. ... Leer más

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  • Lives of Confucius

    Civilization's Greatest Sage Through the Ages

    Confucius—“Master Kung” (551–479 BCE), the Chinese thinker and social philosopher—originated teachings that have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese thought and life over many centuries. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, justice, and appropriateness in social relationships. In time these values gained prominence in China over other doctrines, ... Leer más

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  • Gender and Sexuality in Modern Chinese History

    de Susan L. Mann ...
    Series Libro 9 - New Approaches to Asian History
    Gender and sexuality have been neglected topics in the history of Chinese civilization, despite the fact that there is a massive amount of historical evidence on the subject. China's late imperial government was arguably more concerned about gender and sexuality among its subjects than any other pre-modern state. How did these and other late imperial legacies shape twentieth-century notions of ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • The Emotions of Justice

    Gender, Status, and Legal Performance in Choson Korea

    de Jisoo M. Kim ...
    Series series Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
    The Choson state (1392–1910) is typically portrayed as a rigid society because of its hereditary status system, slavery, and Confucian gender norms. However, The Emotions of Justice reveals a surprisingly complex picture of a judicial system that operated in a contradictory fashion by discriminating against subjects while simultaneously minimizing such discrimination. Jisoo Kim contends that the ... Leer más

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  • Women in Imperial China

    de Bret Hinsch ...
    Series series Asian Voices
    This accessible text offers a comprehensive survey of women’s history in China from the Neolithic period through the end of the Qing dynasty in the early twentieth century. Rather than providing an exhaustive chronicle of this vast subject, Bret Hinsch pinpoints the themes that characterized distinct periods in Chinese women’s history and delves into the perception of female identity in each era. ... Leer más

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  • What Remains

    Coming to Terms with Civil War in 19th Century China

    The Taiping Rebellion was one of the costliest civil wars in human history. Many millions of people lost their lives. Yet while the Rebellion has been intensely studied by scholars in China and elsewhere, we still know little of how individuals coped with these cataclysmic events.Drawing upon a rich array of primary sources, What Remains explores the issues that preoccupied Chinese and Western ... Leer más

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  • The Everlasting Empire

    The Political Culture of Ancient China and Its Imperial Legacy

    de Yuri Pines ...
    Established in 221 BCE, the Chinese empire lasted for 2,132 years before being replaced by the Republic of China in 1912. During its two millennia, the empire endured internal wars, foreign incursions, alien occupations, and devastating rebellions--yet fundamental institutional, sociopolitical, and cultural features of the empire remained intact. The Everlasting Empire traces the roots of the ... Leer más

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  • Epistolary Korea

    Letters in the Communicative Space of the Chosôn, 1392-1910

    Edición de JaHyun Kim Haboush ...
    By expanding the definition of "epistle" to include any writing that addresses the intended receiver directly, JaHyun Kim Haboush introduces readers to the rich epistolary practice of Chos?n Korea. The Chos?n dynasty (1392-1910) produced an abundance of epistles, writings that mirror the genres of neighboring countries (especially China) while retaining their own specific historical trajectory. ... Leer más

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