Body and Ki in GiCheon: Practices of Self-Cultivation in Contemporary Korea
Abstract: Industrial growth and the development of the new middle class in South Korea of the 1980s went together with increased consumption and leisure culture, causing growing concerns with health and personal self-cultivation. Accordingly, sŏngin undong (sports for adults), mountain hiking and ki suryŏn were on the rise. People of older generations have lived through […]
New Goddesses on Mt. Paektu – Transformation, Myth and Gender in Korean Landscape
Abstract: Mountain worship has always been one of the central features of Korean cultural landscape. While specific traditions of mountain culture have been utilized by North Korea’s leadership for the purpose of promotion of the state ideology, in South Korea mountain culture has acquired different forms. We argue that contemporary South Korean ki suryŏn (氣 […]
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