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Obliterated Materiality: The Supremacy of the Book and Chosŏn Funerary Texts 被湮没的物质性:书的至高无上和Chosŏn丧葬文本

IF 0.3 3区社会学

Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-9859785

Hwisang Cho

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Guest Editors' Introduction 特邀编辑介绍

IF 0.3 3区社会学

Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-9859759

Ksenia Chizhova, Olga Fedorenko

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Who Is Afraid of Techno-Fiction? The Emergence of Online Science Fiction in the Age of Informatization 谁害怕科技小说?信息化时代网络科幻小说的兴起

IF 0.3 3区社会学

Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-9859850

Dahye Kim

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"A Great Invention of the East, Unsurpassed in History": Tŭngsap'an Mimeography in Korea, 1910–1945 “东方的伟大发明，历史上无与伦比的”:Tŭngsap韩国的油印术，1910-1945

IF 0.3 3区社会学

Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-9859811

Deborah B. Solomon

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North Korean Calligraphy: Gender, Intimacy, and Political Incorporation, 1980s–2010s 朝鲜书法：性别、亲密关系和政治融合，20世纪80年代至2010年代

IF 0.3 3区社会学

Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-9859837

Ksenia Chizhova

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Text, Materiality, and Enshrinement Practices: Visual Culture of a Buddhist Dhāraṇī in Late Medieval Korea 文本、物质性和封神实践：佛教Dhāra的视觉文化ṇī在中世纪晚期的朝鲜

IF 0.3 3区社会学

Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-9859772

Seunghye Lee

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Taejabo: Remediations and Materiality of South Korean Wall Posters Taejabo:韩国墙体海报的修复与物质性

IF 0.3 3区社会学

Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-9859876

Olga Fedorenko

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Paper Bomb Warfare: Propaganda Leaflets about Consumerism in South Korea during the Park Chung Hee Period (1961–1979) 纸炸弹战:朴正熙时期(1961-1979)韩国消费主义宣传单

IF 0.3 3区社会学

Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-9859824

Anna J. Lee

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Politics of Literary Materiality: Yun Ihyŏng and Postmillennial South Korean Literature 文学物质性政治：尹与后现代韩国文学

IF 0.3 3区社会学

Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-9859863

J. Chung

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Movie Minorities: Transnational Rights Advocacy and South Korean Cinema by Hye Seung Chung and David Scott Diffrient (review) 电影少数群体:跨国权利倡导与韩国电影作者:郑惠承、大卫·斯科特·迪芬特

IF 0.3 3区社会学

Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-9859915

S. Asokan

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