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Dear List Members,
Academia Koreana, the Korean studies research institute of Keimyung University, is
pleased to announce the recent publication of the latest issue of its semi-annual
journal, Acta Koreana. Its contents, which include five articles, a translation, an
interview, a review article, and seven book reviews, are as follows:
ACTA KOREANA VOL. 9, NO. 1 (January 2006)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
Beat: In Search of the Original Form of Korean Culture
By HWANG BYUNG-KI (1–11)
Imploding the Percussion Gestalt: SamulNori and Emerging Korean Tradition
By KEITH HOWARD (13–33)
In Search of Korean "Feeling" in Korean Fusion Music: The Role of Rhythm
By R. ANDERSON SUTTON (35–51)
Turning Toward Each Other: Warmth and Intimacy in Chosŏn-Dynasty
Animal Paintings
By SAEHYANG P. CHUNG (53–87)
The Watershed that Wasn't: Re-Evaluating Kim Il Sung's "Juche Speech" of 1955
By BRIAN MYERS (89–115)
LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
The Pager by KIM YŎNGHA
Translated by DAFNA ZUR (117–129)
INTERVIEW
Quest for Meanings: An Interview with BROTHER ANTHONY OF TAIZÉ
Conducted by PAK JAE-SEOP (131–139)
REVIEW ARTICLE
Christopher I. Beckwith, Koguryo - The Language of Japan's Continental Relatives
(Leiden: Brill, 2004)
By MARK E. BYINGTON (141–166)
BOOK REVIEWS
Three Generations, by Yom Sang-seop. Translated by Yu Young-nan.
SUNYOUNG PARK (167–169)
The Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry. Edited by David R. McCann.
LEIF OLSEN (169–173)
Narratives of Nation Building in Korea: A Genealogy of Patriotism. By Sheila Miyoshi
Jager.
MARK CAPRIO (173–176)
Korean Attitudes toward the United States: Changing Dynamics. Edited by David I.
Steinberg, foreword by Robert L. Galluchi.
JAMES E. HOARE (177–179)
Vision of a Phoenix: The Poems of Hŏ Nansŏrhŏn. By Yang Hi Choe-Wall.
YOUNGHEE LEE (179–182)
Trees on a Slope, by Hwang Sun-wŏn. Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton.
MICHAEL FINCH (182–186)
Even the Knots on Quince Trees / Mogwa ongduri edo sayŏn i, by Ku Sang.
Translated by Brother Anthony of Taizé.
LEIF OLSEN (186–189)
Individual copies of Acta Koreana, including all back issues, are available from
Seoul Selection, B1 Korean Publishers Association B/D, 105-2, Sagan-dong, Chongro-gu,
Seoul, 110-190, Republic of Korea. Copies may be ordered online at Seoul Selection's
website, www.seoulselection.com. For information on subscriptions please contact the
managing editor at acta@kmu.ac.kr.
List members are strongly encouraged to submit manuscripts for potential publication
in future issues; guidelines for submission may be found on the Acta Koreana website,
http://www.actakoreana.org.
With very best wishes for 2006,
Michael Finch
Associate Editor
Acta Koreana</pre>
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