2009
DOI: 10.2304/pfie.2009.7.2.256
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Re-Locating the National: Spatialization of the National Past in Seoul

Abstract: This article is an attempt to make sense of the emerging culture of mobility in Seoul in the 1990s. The 1990s in a South Korean context is emblematic of a changed social reality and transformation. Grand narratives of development, anti-state democratization activism and Cold War politics were losing their effect and authority. Meanwhile, new forces of consumption, individualism, westernization and globalization were increasingly claiming a central presence in society and accentuating the crisis of identificati… Show more

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“…While many vestiges of colonisation have been removed since the liberation from Japan in 1945, some historic places in the colonial-era are officially preserved as registered modern cultural heritage or tourist attractions. The interpretation of cultural heritage attractions associated with the colonising past has frequently been linked to the Korean's nationalism (Chung, 2003;Jin, 2008;Kim, 2009;Park, 2012) and the attractions have sometimes been shown as architectural legacies of colonialism that still affects Korean identity (Park, 2012). It is exactly seventy years since the end of the Japanese rule of Korea.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While many vestiges of colonisation have been removed since the liberation from Japan in 1945, some historic places in the colonial-era are officially preserved as registered modern cultural heritage or tourist attractions. The interpretation of cultural heritage attractions associated with the colonising past has frequently been linked to the Korean's nationalism (Chung, 2003;Jin, 2008;Kim, 2009;Park, 2012) and the attractions have sometimes been shown as architectural legacies of colonialism that still affects Korean identity (Park, 2012). It is exactly seventy years since the end of the Japanese rule of Korea.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%