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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

IF 0.3 3区社会学

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)

IF 0.3 3区社会学

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

IF 0.3 3区社会学

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

IF 0.3 3区社会学

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

IF 0.3 3区社会学

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

Y. Ye

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Korean Studies in the Global Humanities: A Roundtable Discussion 全球人文学科中的韩国研究:圆桌讨论

IF 0.3 3区社会学

Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-7686653

Stephen Choi, Kira A. Donnell, Theodore Hughes, Albert L. Park, Alyssa Park, Evelyn Shih, Serk-Bae Suh, Christina Yi

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Pop City: Korean Popular Culture and the Selling of Place by Youjeong Oh (review) 《流行城市:韩国大众文化与场所的销售》吴友正著(书评)

IF 0.3 3区社会学

Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.1215/07311613-7686694

So-Rim Lee

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