A Genealogy of Dissent

The Progeny of Fallen Royals in Chosŏn Korea

Eugene Y. Park (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2018 | New edition
Stanford University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5036-0208-3 (ISBN)

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In early modern Korea, the Chosŏn state conducted an extermination campaign against the Kaesŏng Wang, descendants of the preceding Koryŏ dynasty. It was so thorough that most of today's descendants are related to a single survivor. Before long, however, the Chosŏn dynasty sought to bolster its legitimacy as the successor of Koryŏ by rehabilitating the surviving Wangs—granting them patronage for performing ancestral rites and even allowing them to attain prestigious offices. As a result, Koryŏ descendants came to constitute elite lineages throughout Korea. As members of the revived aristocratic descent group, they were committed to Confucian norms of loyalty to their ruler. The Chosŏn, in turn, increasingly honored Koryŏ legacies. As the state began to tolerate critical historical narratives, the early plight of the Wangs inspired popular accounts that engendered sympathy. Modern forces of imperialism, colonialism, nationalism, urbanization, industrialization, and immigration transformed the Kaesŏng Wang from the progeny of fallen royals to individuals from all walks of life. Eugene Y. Park draws on primary and secondary sources, interviews, and site visits to tell their extraordinary story. In so doing, he traces Korea's changing politics, society, and culture for more than half a millennium.

Eugene Y. Park is Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History and Director of the James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Prologue
1. Death and Resurrection, 1392–1450
2. Search for a Ritual Heir, 1450–1589
3. The Court and Society, 1589–1724
4. Renewed Attention to the Koryŏ Legacies, 1724–1864
5. Modernity, Kinship, and Individuals, 1864–1910
Epilogue

Erscheinungsdatum	21.11.2018
Zusatzinfo	10 halftones, 7 figures, 2 tables, 4 maps
Verlagsort	Palo Alto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-5036-0208-7 / 1503602087
ISBN-13	978-1-5036-0208-3 / 9781503602083
Zustand	Neuware