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Introduction
Use this guide to find information on the culture, literature, language, cinema and history of Korea.
The Making of Modern Korea by Publication Date: 2017This fully updated third edition of The Making of Modern Korea provides a thorough, balanced and engaging history of Korea from 1910 to the present day.
The Korean Popular Culture Reader by Publication Date: 2014The "Korean Wave" of music, film, television, sports, and cuisine generates significant revenues and cultural pride in South Korea. The Korean Popular Culture Reader provides a timely and essential foundation for the study of "K-pop," relating the contemporary cultural landscape to its historical roots.
Korea: the Impossible Country by ISBN: 9780804842525Publication Date: 2012Long overshadowed by Japan and China, South Korea is a small country that happens to be one of the great national success stories of the postwar period. This book examines Korea's cultural foundations; the Korean character; the public sphere in politics, business, and the workplace as well as the family, dating, and marriage. In doing so, he touches on topics as diverse as shamanism, clan-ism, the dilemma posed by North Korea, the myths about doing business in Korea, the Koreans' renowned hard-partying ethos, and why the infatuation with learning English is now causing massive social problems.
