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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Korean history"”.
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The Iconography of Kee -Chung Sohn in Korean Cultural Memory
… dissertation about Kee-Chung Sohn (1912-2002), a Korean national hero, who has remained as a legendary figure in Korea since he won the gold medal in the marathon in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. His achievement has a great symbolic meaning to the Koreans because it happened during the …
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Teaching Diversity through Multicultural Children's Literature: A Guidebook for Korean English Elementary School Teachers
… plans promoting multiculturalism, intended for Korean teachers to use during English language immersion camps. The goals are to encourage students to affirm themselves as unique individuals, accept and respect others who are different, learn about other cultures, overcome prejudice, apply …
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Wrestling With the Angels: Synthesizing Assemblage Theory and Conjunctural Analysis In Examining the Korean Sport Context
… conjunctures that can be found within Korean history—a longstanding period of totalitarian regimes, the national economic crisis, and contemporary Korean society—in order to discern both dominant and overlooked assemblages within them as well as their endless mutations. Considering the …
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Western Music in Korea: Focused on 20th Century Flute Compositions by Korean Composers
… two provides the brief overview of general Korean history of the nineteenth century, and a historical survey of Western music in Korea from 1880s to 1945. Chapter three presents a scholarly study of Korean traditional music, which includes overview of the types of music, and philosophical …
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Syngman Rhee's efforts in the United States to promote Korean independence from 1904 to 1945
… independence for Korea. Rhee was a prominent Korean nationalist, anti-communist, and first President of South Korea. Chapter One (1904-1918) examines how Rhee began his fight for Korean independence after consequential events in Korean history. Chapter Two (1919-1938) looks at Rhee's …
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Re-envisioning Literature and History: An Annotated Translation of Two Short Stories by Jin Renshun
… and movie screenplays. As a Chinese citizen with Korean heritage, often referred to as Korean-Chinese, or of the Korean-Chinese ethnic minority, Jin Renshun grew up in a family steeped in Korean language and culture. While she writes about a wide range of topics, throughout her career she has …
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Assimilation of Korean-Americans in Vancouver, Washington
<p>This paper is a study in the assimilation of Korean-Americans in Vancouver, Washington. The objectives of the study are to: 1. Evaluate the applicability of the concept of the "melting pot"; 2. Locate the factors that affect this process; and 3. Measure the degree of assimilation in orientation …
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A Critical Analysis of the Relationship Between Salvation and Social Justice in the Minjung Theology
… attempts to reconstruct the traditional Korean Christian notions of salvation. This study is primarily limited to the works of two representative minjung theologians: Nam Dong Suh and Byung Mu Ahn.</p> <p>Chapter 2 traces the historical context of Korea from which minjung theology …
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Affirming ‘civilization’ in exile: Chŏng Yagyong (1762-1836)
… one of the most influential premodern Korean scholars, as that of an exile. I especially question how Tasan’s long years of exile and the anti-Western socio-intellectual atmosphere of the times led him to reformulate his later thought on multiple levels, including the way he perceived …
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North Korea through the Lens of Unification: Regime Legitimacy and Survival, 1980-1988
… motivations behind North Korea’s efforts toward Korean unification from 1980 to 1988. Previous studies, limited by insufficient primary sources revealing the DPRK regime’s actions, relied primarily on official policy statements and concluded that Pyongyang had lost its interest in unification in …
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Creating the Leader-centred Modernity: the birth of the successor in North Korea
This dissertation examines the history of political succession in the professedly socialist state of North Korea. Against the backdrop of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the general disillusionment with socialist ideals, I examine how North Korea self-consciously bypassed the transience of the …