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A nation with a place in the world: A postcolonial critique of the imagined geography of South Korea

Jeong, Hyeseon
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397797919

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2014, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Geography.
If nations are imagined communities, how are they imagined geographically? This dissertation answers the question by investigating discourses of geographical self-awareness in South Korea. This dissertation investigates how the imagined geography of South Korea reinforces the Korean national identity through three case studies. In South Korea, the national geography is narrated as being vulnerable and at the same time as embodying the indomitable spirit of the tiger. The narrative runs through the establishment of the peace monument for Comfort Women; the construction of the Jeju naval base against commies; and the donation of foreign aid to Africa. The dissertation concludes that the imagined geography of South Korea reinforces an exclusive and defensive Korean one-ness that yearns for a place in the world.
Daniel Sui (Advisor)
Darla Munroe (Advisor)
Nancy Ettlinger (Committee Member)
Kendra McSweeney (Committee Member)
220 p.
Asian Studies; Geography
nationalism; imagined geography; geo-body; postcolonial; Korea; Korean peninsula; Comfort Women; Jeju; commie; foreign aid; Saemaeul Movement

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  • Jeong, H. (2014). A nation with a place in the world: A postcolonial critique of the imagined geography of South Korea [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397797919

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Jeong, Hyeseon. A nation with a place in the world: A postcolonial critique of the imagined geography of South Korea. 2014. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397797919.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Jeong, Hyeseon. "A nation with a place in the world: A postcolonial critique of the imagined geography of South Korea." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397797919

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