Difference between revisions of "Resource: Kingdom of Beauty"
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| − | + | History of ''mingei'' activism (with its origins in colonial Korea), the people important to its success, and how it was central to Japan becoming a modern and imperial power. | |
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| + | *Discussion on the origin of ''mingei'' (minye) with Yanagi's interest in Korean arts | ||
| + | *How cultural heritages are used by the government in ideological endeavors | ||
| + | *East Asian understandings of high and low-class culture and how folk art could be brought to the mainstream | ||
| + | *Question: How did the Japanese conceptualization/commodification of ''mingei'' informed Korea's own heritage-ification of folk art? | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:28, 23 April 2019
| Kingdom of Beauty - Mingei and the Politics of Folk Art in Imperial Japan | |
| Title | Kingdom of Beauty - Mingei and the Politics of Folk Art in Imperial Japan |
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| Author/Editor | Brant, Kim |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
Summary
History of mingei activism (with its origins in colonial Korea), the people important to its success, and how it was central to Japan becoming a modern and imperial power.
Useful Content
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Beauty of Sorrow
- The Discovery of Mingei
- New Mingei in the 1930s
- Mingei and the Wartime State, 1937-1945
- Renovating Greater East Asia
- Epilogue
Review
- Discussion on the origin of mingei (minye) with Yanagi's interest in Korean arts
- How cultural heritages are used by the government in ideological endeavors
- East Asian understandings of high and low-class culture and how folk art could be brought to the mainstream
- Question: How did the Japanese conceptualization/commodification of mingei informed Korea's own heritage-ification of folk art?