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Vol.63 No.1
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Reconstruction of Memory and Reinterpretation of Tradition at Royal Palaces in Seoul

Korea Journal / Korea Journal, (P)0023-3900; (E)2733-9343
2023, v.63 no.1, pp.208-242
https://doi.org/10.25024/kj.2023.63.1.208
Kyung Hyo CHUN (Ewha Womans University)
CHUN, K. H. (2023). Reconstruction of Memory and Reinterpretation of Tradition at Royal Palaces in Seoul. Korea Journal, 63(1), 208-242, https://doi.org/10.25024/kj.2023.63.1.208
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Abstract

The royal palaces of the Joseon dynasty in Seoul have long been major tourist spots for foreign visitors to Korea, but these places have been attracting more domestic visitors in recent years. The cultural politics of the UNESCO World Heritage list and the unremitting contestation among East Asian nation-states around the authorship of the past largely account for such newly found popularity of royal palaces among Koreans. This article examines this resurgence of domestic tourism focusing on how certain royal palaces in Seoul are being endorsed and consumed as emblems of tradition and national identity by the government as well as the general public, and how this process has enabled a reconfiguration of the past, especially the experience of Japanese colonialism in Korea. This article also argues that royal palaces are not just sites for collective memory, but sites for contestation and divergence of identities.

keywords
royal palaces, heritage tourism, historic nostalgia, Korea, identity, nighttime opening
Submission Date
2022-02-04
Revised Date
2022-05-16
Accepted Date
2022-07-18

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