Cultural Policy in South Korea: Making a New Patron State

ISBN-13: 9780367588557 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 170 str.

Hye-Kyung Lee

Opis

The control and promotion of culture have been bound up with politics in Korea to a surprising degree. This book traces the development of cultural policy in South Korea from Japanese colonial rule to the present day, highlighting this strong connection to wider government policy. Amongst many other subjects, the book discusses how the arts have

Spis treści

Acknowledgements

Notes on the Romanisation of Korean

Chapter 1. Introduction: Culture and the State

Chapter 2. The Origins of Cultural Policy

Chapter 3. Modernising Country and Nationalising Culture

Chapter 4. Democracy and Cultural Policy Transformation

Chapter 5. Doing Cultural Policy in the Neoliberal Era

Chapter 6. The Korean Wave Inside Out

Chapter 7. Conclusion: Past, Present and Future of the New Patron State

O autorze

Hye-Kyung Lee is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries at King’s College London, UK.