Voice from the North : Resurrecting Regional Identity Through the Life and Work of Yi Sihang (1672-1736).

By: Kim, Sun JooMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (259 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780804786652Subject(s): Central-local government relations -- Korea -- History -- 17th century | Central-local government relations -- Korea -- History -- 18th century | Elite (Social sciences) -- Korea (North) -- P''yongan-do -- Biography | Korea -- History -- 1637-1864 -- Historiography | P''yongan-do (Korea) -- History -- 17th century | P''yongan-do (Korea) -- History -- 18th century | Yi, Sihang, -- 1672-1736Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Voice from the North : Resurrecting Regional Identity Through the Life and Work of Yi Sihang (1672-1736)DDC classification: 951.902 LOC classification: DS914Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Conventions -- Introduction: Capturing History through a Person -- 1. Remembering Yi Sihang, a Local Elite of Significance -- 2. Reciting Life -- 3. Defending Regional Elite Identity and Culture -- 4. Invoking the Memory of Kim Kyŏngsŏ -- Conclusion: Practicing History -- Appendix A. Yi Sihang's Friends and Associates from the Capital -- Appendix B. Yi Sihang's Career History -- Glossary and Name List -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This is a study of the northern region of Korea through a person's life and work, highlighting how a writer from a marginalized region in early modern Korea became an advocate of regional subjectivity through various social, cultural, and intellectual activities, in particular through his conscientious historical writings.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Conventions -- Introduction: Capturing History through a Person -- 1. Remembering Yi Sihang, a Local Elite of Significance -- 2. Reciting Life -- 3. Defending Regional Elite Identity and Culture -- 4. Invoking the Memory of Kim Kyŏngsŏ -- Conclusion: Practicing History -- Appendix A. Yi Sihang's Friends and Associates from the Capital -- Appendix B. Yi Sihang's Career History -- Glossary and Name List -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This is a study of the northern region of Korea through a person's life and work, highlighting how a writer from a marginalized region in early modern Korea became an advocate of regional subjectivity through various social, cultural, and intellectual activities, in particular through his conscientious historical writings.

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