Description: God Susanoo and Korea in Japan’s Cultural Memory : Ancient Myths and Modern Empire, Paperback by Weiss, David; Rambelli, Fabio (EDT), ISBN 1350271217, ISBN-13 9781350271210, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This book discusses how ancient Japanese mythology was utilized during the colonial period to justify the annexation of Korea to Japan, with special focus on the god Susanoo. Described as an ambivalent figure and wanderer between the worlds, Susanoo served as a foil to set off the sun goddess, who played an important role in the modern construction of a Japanese national identity. Susanoo inhabited a sinister otherworld, which came to be associated with colonial Korea. Imperialist ideologues were able to build on these interpretations of the Susanoo myth to depict Korea as a dreary realm at the margin of the Japanese empire that made the imperial metropole shine all the more brightly. At the same time, Susanoo was identified as the ancestor of the Korean people. Thus, the colonial subjects were ideologically incorporated into the homogeneous Japanese “family state.” Th situates Susanoo in Japan's cultural memory and shows how the deity, while being repeatedly transformed in order to meet the religious and ideological needs of the day, continued to symbolize the margin of Japan.
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Book Title: God Susanoo and Korea in Japan’s Cultural Memory : Ancient Myths
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: God Susanoo and Korea in Japan's Cultural Memory : Ancient Myths and Modern Empire
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Subject: Asia / Japan, Shintoism, Asia / Korea
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2023
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: David Weiss
Subject Area: Religion, History
Series: Bloomsbury Shinto Studies
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
