<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi John,</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>I'm more focussed on North Korea, but on theoretical books written by Kim Jong Il, you can find that he banned jazz from North Korea (he said that it is a sad music which is depraving people)</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Best</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Nicolas</span></div><div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De :</span></b> John Eperjesi <john.eperjesi@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b>
Mercredi 16 Novembre 2011 1h45<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> [KS] Jazz in Korea<br></font><br>Hi Everybody, I just joined the group, so thought I should introduce<br>myself. My name is John Eperjesi and I'm an Assistant Professor of<br>English at Kyung Hee in Seoul. I received my Phd in cultural studies<br>from Carnegie Mellon and published a book on U.S. imperialism in Asia<br>and the Pacific ("The Imperialist Imaginary").<br><br>I am planning to interview the owner of All That Jazz, which opened up<br>in Itaewon in 1976, and I understand it is Korea's first jazz club.<br><br>I'm curious, what was the attitude toward jazz in Korea in the 1970s?<br>Did the authoritarian regime see it as a decadent western import like<br>rock and roll? Who was into jazz? So I'm generally interest in the<br>politics surrounding the culture.<br><br>Any important Korean jazz artists from that period?<br><br>I did read
that jazz came to Korea in the 1920s, so if anyone has<br>broader historical narrative, that would be appreciated.<br><br>btw, I am studying Korean, but am far from fluent so unfortunately<br>can't read Korean documents.<br><br>Thanks in advance!<br>John<br><br><br><br></div></div></div></body></html>