Picturing Identities and Ideologies in Modern Korea

This is a collection of papers presented at the international conference held at the Center for Korean Studies University of California Berkeley on March 14-15 2019. In this conference entitled Picturing Identities and Ideologies in Modern Korea: Transnational Perspectives for Visual Culture scholars have noted a few topics and themes of visual culture: new forms of popular culture including novels magazines and newspapers as well as official public monuments presented a new image of the nation in the changing environment of world expositions and international congresses. With three speakers and one discussant in each four breakout session themes are as follows: • Representing Public and Private Identities • Constructing Ethnonational Identity • Making of the Artistic Personality • Picturing Ethnic Identity