[KS] Genealogy compilation during the colonial period

[Kent Allen Davy]

Would it be out of place to suggest that the evidence cited by M. de Fremery
is proof of little other than the leniency of the Colonial authorities
regarding the publication of chokpo?

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Wayne de Fremery <pwdef at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  Dear Prof. Park,
>
> According to the April 1930 issue of* Keimu ih**ō*** 警務彙報 (a police
> bulletin published by the colonial authority), more publishing permits were
> granted to* chokpo* than any other genre between 1920 and 1929. Although
> he cites his source incorrectly, in* Kŭndae ŭi ch’aek ilkki* (2003) Prof.
> Ch’ŏn Chŏng-hwan arranges statistics found in the* Keimu ih**ō* so that
> each genre is ranked according to the number of permits granted by the
> colonial authority to individual volumes during the 1920s (p. 488). He
> discusses these (and other publishing) statistics on pages 171-181. Pang
> Hyo-sun, in her 2000 doctoral dissertation “Ilchae sidae min’gan sŏchŏk
> palhaeng hwaldong ŭi kujochŏk t’ŭksŏng e kwanhan yŏn’gu,” compiles permit
> statistics from the corelativelonial government for the years 1929 to 1939,
> which suggest that* chokpo* received a larger number of publishing permits
> than other genres during the 30s as well. Pang also very briefly discusses
> * chokbo* publishing (see pp. 36-7) and mentions a* Tonga ilbo* article
> from Feb. 2, 1928 that may be of interest.
>
> I suspect that the number of permits granted by the colonial government may
> not, for a variety of reasons, accurately reflect the number of* chokbo*actually
> produced during this period (some permits that were issued may not have been
> used, some* chokbo* may have been published without the family acquiring a
> permit, etc.). However, these figures do suggest a significant interest in
> producing* chokpo* and that they were the “most popular” genre for a
> considerable portion of the colonial period in this statistical sense.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wayne de Fremery
>
> Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University
>
> fremery at fas.harvard.edu
>
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>
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> On Behalf Of Eugene Y. Park
>
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 5:31 AM
>
> To: koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
>
> Subject: [KS] Genealogy compilation during the colonial period
>
> Dear all,
>
> Could anyone kindly point me to any study (or studies) showing that
> genealogies
>
> made up the most popular form of Korean publication during the colonial
> era?
>
> Currently I'm working on a study that argues that in spite of the way in
> which
>
> one seemingly cannot even participate in genealogy discussions in South
> Korea
>
> without the standard conceptual categories like the surname, bon'gwan, pa,
>
> dollimja, etc. and oft-repated assertions that every household has a set of
>
> jokbo, in the late 19th century many urban intellectuals, jungin, and
> educated
>
> northerners began rejecting jokbo compilation as a backward custom. At
> least
>
> based on my readings (e.g. Yi Kibaek's Han'guksa simin gangjwa piece on
> jokbo)
>
> as well as interviews of Koreans from such backgrounds, at least an
> aloofness,
>
> if not outright hostility, toward jokbo seems pronounced. I should mention,
>
> though, that certainly from the mainstream South Korean cultural
> perspective
>
> and even professional historians working mostly with yangban-produced
>
> documents, I seem to bear the burden of proof!
>
> Thank you advance for you help.
>
> Yours,
>
> Gene
>
> --
>
> Eugene (Gene) Y. Park
>
> Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History
>
> Department of History
>
> University of Pennsylvania
>
> E-mail: epa at sas.upenn.edu
>
>
>
>


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