All Outputs (2)

Navigating the Nation: Travel, Tourism and Identity in Colonial Korea, 1919-1937 (2025)
Thesis
Wearden, C. Navigating the Nation: Travel, Tourism and Identity in Colonial Korea, 1919-1937. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This social and literary history analyses how domestic travel and tourism contributed towards the formation of Korean identity in the colonial period, focusing on the years 1919-1937. It interrogates travel from an experiential perspective – the act... Read More about Navigating the Nation: Travel, Tourism and Identity in Colonial Korea, 1919-1937.

History, Heritage, and Legend in Colonial-Era Tourism: Kyŏngju and P’yŏngyang as Sites of Ideological Contestation (2024)
Journal Article
Wearden, C. J. (2024). History, Heritage, and Legend in Colonial-Era Tourism: Kyŏngju and P’yŏngyang as Sites of Ideological Contestation. European journal of Korean studies, 24(1), 7-48. https://doi.org/10.33526/ejks.20242401.7

This article explores how historical sites in colonial Korea became arenas of ideological contestation between dominant and counter-hegemonic forces. This contestation is exposed through the production and consumption of heritage tourism, using the f... Read More about History, Heritage, and Legend in Colonial-Era Tourism: Kyŏngju and P’yŏngyang as Sites of Ideological Contestation.