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Author Maliangkay, Roald, author.

Title Broken voices : postcolonial entanglements and the preservation of Korea's central folksong traditions / Roald Maliangkay.

Publication Info. Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Music and performing arts of Asia and the Pacific
Music and performing arts of Asia and the Pacific.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Colonial foundations of Korean cultural policy -- Defining Korean folksongs : characteristics and terminology -- Masculinity in demise : sŏnsori sant'aryŏng and kyŏnggi minyo -- Embodying nostalgia : sŏdo sori.
Summary Broken Voices is the first English-language book on Korea's rich folksong heritage, and the first major study of the effects of Japanese colonialism on the intangible heritage of its former colony. In 2009, many Koreans reacted with dismay when China officially recognized the folksong Arirang, commonly regarded as the national folksong in North and South Korea, as part of its national intangible cultural heritage. They were vindicated when versions from both sides of the DMZ were included in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity a few years later. At least on a national level, folksongs thus carry significant political importance. Maliangkay describes how an elaborate system of heritage management was first established in modern Korea and raises an important issue of cultural preservation--traditions that fail to attract practitioners and audiences are unsustainable, so compromises may be unwelcome but imperative.
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Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Subject Folk songs, Korean -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Folk songs, Korean.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Maliangkay, Roald. Broken voices. Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017] 9780824866655 (DLC) 2016059836 (OCoLC)965730450
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