An Introduction to Korean Culture: Koo, John H.; Nahm, Andrew C.; Koo, John H.; Nahm, Andrew C.: 9781565910867: Book: Social Science: eCampus.com

List of Contributors

(2)

Preface

(2)

Pronunciation of Korean

(4)

1. The Land, Climate, and People

(24)

1. Location, Size and Population

(3)

2. Topography and Physical Features

(10)

3. The Economic Geography of North and South Korea

(4)

4. The People

(7)

2. History

(60)

1. Background

(1)

2. Premodern Korea: Through the Prehistoric Ages to the Dawn of Statehood

(4)

3. From the Three Kingdoms to a Unified State

(7)

4. Korea after Reunification

(19)

5. Modern Korea: Twilight of the Kingdom Choson

(7)

6. Japanese Colonial Rule and the National Liberation Movement

(7)

7. Liberation and Partition

(5)

8. The Korean War and After

(10)

3. Language

101

(20)

1. Introduction

101

(1)

2. Korean Writing

102

(2)

3. Dialects

104

(1)

4. Honorifics

105

(3)

5. Onomatopoetic Words

108

(2)

6. Dual System of Native and Sino-Korean Words

110

(1)

7. Some Grammatical Features

111

(10)

4. Folk Beliefs and Shamanism

121

(16)

1. Introduction

121

(5)

2. Shamanism

126

(5)

3. Variations of Shamanism

131

(6)

5. Confucianism

137

(18)

1. Introduction

137

(2)

2. Historical Setting

139

(2)

3. Confucian Ideology

141

(2)

4. Monuments

143

(2)

5. Education

145

(2)

6. Ceremonies

147

(2)

7. Confucianism in the Modern World

149

(6)

6. Buddhism

155

(24)

1. Introduction

155

(1)

2. The Teachings of the Buddha

156

(3)

3. The Korean Adoption of State-centered Buddhism

159

(3)

4. Buddhism and Korean Culture

162

(2)

5. Modern Buddhism Confronts the Christian Challenge

164

(4)

6. The Monastic Core of Korean Buddhism

168

(3)

7. The Buddhist Faithful

171

(8)

7. Christianity

179

(24)

1. Introduction

179

(2)

2. The First Christians

181

(2)

3. The Arrival of Protestantism

183

(2)

4. Christianity, Nationalism, and Modernization

185

(4)

5. Growth and Division after Liberation

189

(5)

6. Korean Characteristic of Korean Christianity

194

(9)

8. Korean Culture and Worldview

203

(18)

1. Introduction

203

(2)

2. Shamanistic Worldview

205

(2)

3. Buddhistic Worldview

207

(3)

4. Confucian Worldview

210

(3)

5. Christian Worldview

213

(3)

6. Symbiosis of Divergent Worldviews in Korea

216

(5)

9. Political Tradition and Contemporary Politics and Government

221

(26)

1. Traditional Political Culture

221

(9)

2. Contemporary Politics and Government

230

(11)

3. Conclusions

241

(6)

10. Politics in South Korea since 1993

247

(14)

1. Introduction

247

(1)

2. Civilian Government

248

(2)

3. Anti-Corruption Reforms

250

(2)

4. Democratization

252

(3)

5. Relations with North Korea

255

(6)

11. Traditional Culture and Society

261

(28)

1. Introduction

261

(2)

2. Confucianism and Patrilineal Ideology, Institutions and Practices

263

(2)

3. Filial Piety and the Separation of the Sexes

265

(3)

4. Patrilineal Corollaries: Marriage, Inheritance, Adoption, and Widowhood

268

(4)

5. Patrilineal Groups and Institutions

272

(4)

6. Confucianization as a Political and Ideological Process

276

(1)

7. Confucianism and Social Stratification

277

(3)

8. Confucianization as a Cultural and Social Process

280

(2)

9. Confucianism and Cultural Resistance

282

(3)

10. Conclusion

285

(4)

12. Education

289

(22)

1. Introduction

289

(3)

2. Education in Traditional Korea

292

(6)

3. Christian Mission Education in Korea

298

(2)

4. Education under Japanese Colonialism

300

(2)

5. Current Education in North Korea

302

(3)

6. Current Education in South Korea

305

(6)

13. Painting

311

(14)

14. Traditional Music and Dance

325

(34)

1. Introduction

325

(2)

2. Origins and Historical Background of Traditional Korean Music and Dance

327

(4)

3. The Classification of Traditional Korean Music

331

(6)

4. Particularities of Traditional Korean Music

337

(2)

5. Folk Music

339

(7)

6. The Dances of Traditional Korea

346

(13)

15. Stone Pagodas and Buddha Images

359

(18)

1. Introduction

359

(1)

2. Stone Pagodas

360

(5)

3. Stone Buddha Images

365

(12)

16. Architecture and House Furniture

377

(8)

1. Introduction

377

(1)

2. Characteristics of Floor Plans in Traditional Houses

378

(2)

3. Upper-Class Homes

380

(5)

17. Traditional Ceramics

385

(16)

18. Papermaking and Printing

401

(14)

1. Introduction

401

(1)

2. Movable Metal Type

402

(2)

3. Innovations Under King Sejong

404

(2)

4. Wood Block Printing

406

(2)

5. Papermaking

408

(3)

6. Bookmaking

411

(4)

19. Oral Literature

415

(14)

1. Introduction

415

(1)

2. Narratives

416

(5)

3. Songs

421

(2)

4. Sayings

423

(6)

20. Modern Poetry and Literature

429

(36)

1. Introduction

429

(2)

2. History and Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms

431

(3)

3. Young Man Ch'oyong and Sea View Temple

434

(6)

4. Sixteenth Century Korean Verse Literature

440

(2)

5. Sixteenth Century Korean Verse: A Sampler

442

(6)

6. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Prose

448

(4)

7. Modern Korean Literature

452

(3)

8. Modern Korean Literature to 1945

455

(4)

9. Post-Division, Post-War Korean Literature

459

(6)

Appendix: Holidays and Festivals

465

(6)

Index

471


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