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Tables of Contents for An Introduction to Korean Culture
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Contributors
9
2
Preface
11
2
Pronunciation of Korean
13
4
1. The Land, Climate, and People
17
24
1. Location, Size and Population
17
3
2. Topography and Physical Features
20
10
3. The Economic Geography of North and South Korea
30
4
4. The People
34
7
2. History
41
60
1. Background
41
1
2. Premodern Korea: Through the Prehistoric Ages to the Dawn of Statehood
42
4
3. From the Three Kingdoms to a Unified State
46
7
4. Korea after Reunification
53
19
5. Modern Korea: Twilight of the Kingdom Choson
72
7
6. Japanese Colonial Rule and the National Liberation Movement
79
7
7. Liberation and Partition
86
5
8. The Korean War and After
91
10
3. Language
101
20
1. Introduction
101
1
2. Korean Writing
102
2
3. Dialects
104
1
4. Honorifics
105
3
5. Onomatopoetic Words
108
2
6. Dual System of Native and Sino-Korean Words
110
1
7. Some Grammatical Features
111
10
4. Folk Beliefs and Shamanism
121
16
1. Introduction
121
5
2. Shamanism
126
5
3. Variations of Shamanism
131
6
5. Confucianism
137
18
1. Introduction
137
2
2. Historical Setting
139
2
3. Confucian Ideology
141
2
4. Monuments
143
2
5. Education
145
2
6. Ceremonies
147
2
7. Confucianism in the Modern World
149
6
6. Buddhism
155
24
1. Introduction
155
1
2. The Teachings of the Buddha
156
3
3. The Korean Adoption of State-centered Buddhism
159
3
4. Buddhism and Korean Culture
162
2
5. Modern Buddhism Confronts the Christian Challenge
164
4
6. The Monastic Core of Korean Buddhism
168
3
7. The Buddhist Faithful
171
8
7. Christianity
179
24
1. Introduction
179
2
2. The First Christians
181
2
3. The Arrival of Protestantism
183
2
4. Christianity, Nationalism, and Modernization
185
4
5. Growth and Division after Liberation
189
5
6. Korean Characteristic of Korean Christianity
194
9
8. Korean Culture and Worldview
203
18
1. Introduction
203
2
2. Shamanistic Worldview
205
2
3. Buddhistic Worldview
207
3
4. Confucian Worldview
210
3
5. Christian Worldview
213
3
6. Symbiosis of Divergent Worldviews in Korea
216
5
9. Political Tradition and Contemporary Politics and Government
221
26
1. Traditional Political Culture
221
9
2. Contemporary Politics and Government
230
11
3. Conclusions
241
6
10. Politics in South Korea since 1993
247
14
1. Introduction
247
1
2. Civilian Government
248
2
3. Anti-Corruption Reforms
250
2
4. Democratization
252
3
5. Relations with North Korea
255
6
11. Traditional Culture and Society
261
28
1. Introduction
261
2
2. Confucianism and Patrilineal Ideology, Institutions and Practices
263
2
3. Filial Piety and the Separation of the Sexes
265
3
4. Patrilineal Corollaries: Marriage, Inheritance, Adoption, and Widowhood
268
4
5. Patrilineal Groups and Institutions
272
4
6. Confucianization as a Political and Ideological Process
276
1
7. Confucianism and Social Stratification
277
3
8. Confucianization as a Cultural and Social Process
280
2
9. Confucianism and Cultural Resistance
282
3
10. Conclusion
285
4
12. Education
289
22
1. Introduction
289
3
2. Education in Traditional Korea
292
6
3. Christian Mission Education in Korea
298
2
4. Education under Japanese Colonialism
300
2
5. Current Education in North Korea
302
3
6. Current Education in South Korea
305
6
13. Painting
311
14
14. Traditional Music and Dance
325
34
1. Introduction
325
2
2. Origins and Historical Background of Traditional Korean Music and Dance
327
4
3. The Classification of Traditional Korean Music
331
6
4. Particularities of Traditional Korean Music
337
2
5. Folk Music
339
7
6. The Dances of Traditional Korea
346
13
15. Stone Pagodas and Buddha Images
359
18
1. Introduction
359
1
2. Stone Pagodas
360
5
3. Stone Buddha Images
365
12
16. Architecture and House Furniture
377
8
1. Introduction
377
1
2. Characteristics of Floor Plans in Traditional Houses
378
2
3. Upper-Class Homes
380
5
17. Traditional Ceramics
385
16
18. Papermaking and Printing
401
14
1. Introduction
401
1
2. Movable Metal Type
402
2
3. Innovations Under King Sejong
404
2
4. Wood Block Printing
406
2
5. Papermaking
408
3
6. Bookmaking
411
4
19. Oral Literature
415
14
1. Introduction
415
1
2. Narratives
416
5
3. Songs
421
2
4. Sayings
423
6
20. Modern Poetry and Literature
429
36
1. Introduction
429
2
2. History and Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms
431
3
3. Young Man Ch'oyong and Sea View Temple
434
6
4. Sixteenth Century Korean Verse Literature
440
2
5. Sixteenth Century Korean Verse: A Sampler
442
6
6. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Prose
448
4
7. Modern Korean Literature
452
3
8. Modern Korean Literature to 1945
455
4
9. Post-Division, Post-War Korean Literature
459
6
Appendix: Holidays and Festivals
465
6
Index
471