Soju: A Global History

ISBN-13: 9781108816113 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 297 str.

Hyunhee (City University of New York) Park

Opis

The first global study of the distinctive Korean soju, tracing cross-cultural exchanges and Korea's place in Eurasian history.

Recenzje

'Park's Soju: A Global History represents an ambitious project adroitly rendered. It follows soju and its attendant culture and technology from premodern Afro- Eurasia, throughout the Mongol empire, across the Choso˘n dynasty and Japanese colonial period, and finally to the contemporary Korean Wave. It will amply serve as an end in itself as well as a fecund point of departure for both researchers and students in a wide range of academic disciplines and historical periods.' John M. Frankl, Seoul Journal of Korean Studies

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Soju and Arak: The Eurasian Roots of Distilled Liquors; 2. The Mongols and the Rise of Soju in Koryŏ Korea; 3. Contextualizing Soju: Political Relations and Cultural Transfers between the Mongol Empire and Koryŏ Korea; 4. Distilling Soju at Court and Home in Chosŏn Korea; 5. Challenges of Modernity: The Rise of Modern Industrial Soju and Revival of Traditional Soju; 6. Alcohol Globalism: Distillation Technology in Afro-Eurasia and other areas of the World – The Cases of Japan and Mexico; Conclusion: Soju in Global Cross-Cultural Exchanges.