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Carving Status at K¿mgangsan
eBook - Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
ISBN/EAN: 9780295749266
Umbreit-Nr.: 3201702
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 0 S.
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Erschienen am 17.12.2021
Auflage: 1/2021
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DRM: Adobe DRM
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- <p></p><p>North Koreas Kmgangsan is one of Asias most celebrated sacred mountain ranges, comparable in fame to Mount Tai in China and Mount Fuji in Japan. Carving Status at Kmgangsan marks a paradigm shift in the research about East Asian mountains by introducing an entirely new field: autographic rock graffiti. The book details how late Chosn (ca. 16001900 CE) Korean elite travelers used Kmgangsan to demonstrate their high social status by carving inscriptions, naming sites, and joining the literary pedigree of visitors to renowned locales. Such travel practices show how social competition emerged in the spatial context of a landscape. Hence, Carving Status at Kmgangsan argues for an expansion of accepted historical narratives on travel and mountain space in premodern East Asia. Rather than interpreting pilgrimage routes as exclusively religious or tourist, in Kmgangsans case they were also an important site of collective memory.</p><p><br></p><p></p><p>Embarking on a journey to Kmgangsan to view and contribute to its sites of memory was an endeavor that late Chosn Koreans hoped to achieve in their lives. Based on multidisciplinary research drawing on literary writings, court records, gazetteers, maps, songs, calligraphy, and paintings, Carving Status at Kmgangsan is the first historical study of this practice. It will appeal to scholars in fields ranging from East Asian history, literature, and geography, to pilgrimage studies and art history.</p><p><br></p>