Shared national memory as intangible heritage: re-imagining two Koreas as one nation
Park, Hyung Yu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0246-7339
(2011)
Shared national memory as intangible heritage: re-imagining two Koreas as one nation.
Annals of Tourism Research, 38
(2)
.
pp. 520-539.
ISSN 0160-7383
[Article]
(doi:10.1016/j.annals.2010.11.013)
Abstract
This paper suggests that shared national memory, as intangible heritage of tangible heritage, is of crucial significance in encouraging South Korean nationals to reaffirm their ethnic and cultural affinities with North Korea during heritage tourism experiences in Changdeok Palace. Importantly, heritage can be a safe and neutral ground for mediating political contentions and conflicts. Despite the political tensions between the two Koreas, the essence of ‘Koreanness’, deeply grounded in shared national memory revived during the Changdeok experience, facilitates the process of re-imagining two Koreas as one nation. The intangible heritage of Changdeok Palace stands as one definitive symbolic representation that augments national sentiment at a time of redefining notions of national belonging and re-emphasising entrenched primordial associations with North Korea.
Item Type: | Article |
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Research Areas: | A. > Business School > Marketing, Branding and Tourism |
ISI Impact: | 2 |
Item ID: | 7202 |
Depositing User: | Josie Joyce |
Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2011 13:06 |
Last Modified: | 13 Oct 2016 14:22 |
URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/7202 |
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