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Creating a "Home Away from Home": Korean Women's Performances of the Imaginary American Home at US Military Clubs in South Korea, 1955–64 创造一个“家外之家”：1955年至64年，韩国女子在驻韩美军俱乐部对想象中的美国家的表演

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Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2020-03-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-7932311

Y. J. Lee

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Leaves of Regret, Flowers of Gloom: Mourning Ghosts and Crafting a Theater of Han in the Dream Journey Narrative 遗憾的树叶，黯然失色的花朵：寻鬼与韩梦之旅叙事的剧场化

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Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2020-03-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-7932219

Sookja Cho

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Dynamic Korea and Rhythmic Form by Katherine In-Young Lee (review) 李的动态韩国与节奏形式（综述）

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Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-7686707

Stephanie Choi

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Vernacular Itineraries: Korean Letters from Family to National Archive 白话旅行：韩国家庭寄往国家档案馆的信件

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Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-7686614

Ksenia Chizhova

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Culling Archival Collections in the Koryŏ-Chosŏn Transition Koryŏ-Chosŏn过渡时期档案馆藏的筛选

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Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-7686575

G. R. Reynolds

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Silencing the Culture of Chosŏn Buddhism: The Ideology of Exclusion of the Chosŏn Wangjo Sillok 压制朝鲜佛教文化：朝鲜王的排外思想

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Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-7686601

S. T. Kim

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Rat Fire: Korean Stories from the Japanese Empire ed. by Theodore Hughes et al. (review) 《鼠火:来自日本帝国的朝鲜故事》，作者:西奥多·休斯(Theodore Hughes)

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Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-7686720

Immanuel Kim George

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Living on Your Own: Single Women, Rental Housing, and Post-Revolutionary Affect in Contemporary South Korea by Jesook Song (review) 独自生活:当代韩国的单身女性、出租住房和革命后的影响

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Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-7686666

R. Oppenheim

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Archival Practice in Premodern Korea: Record-Keeping as Archive and Historiography 前现代韩国的档案实践:作为档案和史学的记录保存

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Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-7686562

S. Vermeersch

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Vernacular Story in and as Archives: (Re)Making Xingshi yan Stories in Early Modern China and Korea 档案中的白话文故事与作为档案的白话文故事:(再论)近代早期中韩两国行世言故事的创作

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Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-7686640

Y. Ye

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