Narrating Victimhood Nationalism

Cultural Memory in Polish and South Korean History Museums

Seungik Lee (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

234 Seiten

2025
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-91931-6 (ISBN)

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This book provides an extensive analysis of the narratives showcased in history museums related to victimhood nationalism in Poland and South Korea. As victimhood nationalism in these countries is often stimulated by certain memory exhibitions with historical context, the author focuses on exploring how museums, through their memory exhibitions of cultural memory, trigger nationalism and stimulate a sense of victimhood in Poland and Korea. This book utilizes Cultural Studies' interdisciplinary tools, combining textual and contextual analysis, while also providing historical background to enhance the reader's understanding. Based on this analysis, the author introduces the concept of a memory factory, emphasizing the role of museums not only as spaces for displaying chronological history but as factories that generate cultural memories in large quantities. Through this, the author claims that victimhood nationalism is a consequence but also an inheritance of cultural memory.

Seungik Lee earned his Ph.D. from Jagiellonian University in Poland. Since October 2019, he has been teaching at the Department of Korea at the Institute of the Middle and Far East, Jagiellonian University. His research interests include comparing modern history and culture between Korea and Poland, and analyzing business culture in these countries.

Introduction - Chapter 1: Victimhood Nationalism: Building a Theoretical Backgound - Chapter 2: The Nations with Victimhood Mindset: Poland and South Korea - Chapter 3: History Museum, Nationalism and Memory - Chapter 4: Polish Museums - Chapter 5: Korean Museums - Chapter 6: History Museum as a Memory Factory - Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	23.12.2025
Reihe/Serie	International Relations in Asia, Africa and the Americas ; 23
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	377 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
Schlagworte	Cultural Memory • History Museum • Independence Hall of Korea • Memory Factory • Museum of Second World War • Nationalism • National Memorial Museum of Forced Mobilization under Japanese Occupation • Victimhood nationalism • Warsaw Rising Museum
ISBN-10	3-631-91931-X / 363191931X
ISBN-13	978-3-631-91931-6 / 9783631919316
Zustand	Neuware