NOTES
2 Kirschenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara, ‘Confusing Pleasures’, in Kirschenblatt-Gimblett, Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums, and Heritage (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1998), pp. 203–48, here p. 203.
3 See Sivigliano's, Martadiscussion of auto-exotification in ‘Evita: The Globalization of a National Myth’, Latin American Perspectives, 24, 6 (November 1997), pp. 156–72.
4 See Martell, Luke, ‘The Third Wave in Globalization Theory’, International Studies Review, 9, 2 (Summer 2007), pp. 173–96, for a succinct summary of globalist, sceptical and transformationalist theories of globalization.
5 Appiah, Kwame Anthony, ‘Cosmopolitan Contamination’, in Appiah, Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2006), pp. 101–13, here pp. 112–13.
6 Ha, Seong-Kyu, ‘Seoul as a World City: The Challenge of Balanced Development’, in Hamnett, Stephen and Forbes, Dean, eds., Planning Asian Cities: Risks and Resilience (London and New York: Routledge, 2011), pp. 158–79, here p. 159.
8 Appadurai, Arjun, Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1996), p. 15.
9 For a discussion of the lingering effects of the Cold War on Korean national consciousness and economy see Lie, John and Park, Myoungkyu, ‘South Korea in 2005: Economic Dynamism, Generational Conflicts, and Social Transformations’, Asian Survey, 46, 1 (January/February 2006), pp. 56–62.
10 Kim Nam Chae, interview with Claire Maria Chambers, translated by Joanne Ku, 14 June 2013.
11 This summary is compiled from my attendance of the performance, reading the Korean script with the assistance of Joanne Ku, and the performance programme, which provided a synopsis in English.
12 Performance programme, ‘Musical the Celestial Watch, 고궁뮤지글 찬상시계’, printed by Museum Play theatre company, unnumbered pages.
13 Cummings, Bruce, ‘The Interests, 1860–1904’, in Cummings, Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History (New York and London: W. W. Norton and Company, 2005), pp. 86–138.
14 I believe that Chae is referencing an excerpt from The Analects of Confucius: ‘A ruler who governs his state by virtue is like the north polar star, which remains in its place while all the other stars revolve around it.’ Fisher, Mary Pat and Bailey, Lee W., eds., An Anthology of Living Religions (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2008), p. 143.
15 Kim Nam Chae, The Celestial Watch, trans. Joanne Ku, unpublished playscript. Courtesy of Kim Nam Chae and History Play Theatre Company.
16 As this article goes to press, the Chongdong Theatre opens its 2014 production, ‘MISO: Baebijang-jeong’, based on a late Joseon-era satirical novel.
18 Jeongim Choi, ‘Production Goals’, programme for Miso II: Silla, Land of the Gods, printed by the Chongdong Theatre, p. 6.
20 Jager, Sheila Miyoshi, ‘Woman and the Promise of Modernity: Signs of Love for the Nation in Korea’, New Literary History, 28, 1 (1998), pp. 121–34, here p. 129.
21 For a provocative approach to this history that challenges the dominant narrative see Sarah Soh, C., The Comfort Women: Sexual Violence and Postcolonial Memory in Korea and Japan (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2009).
22 Rutt, Richard, The Song of a Faithful Wife: Ch’un-hyang (Seoul: Seoul Press, 1999), p. 42, my emphasis.
23 Agamben, Giorgio, Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life, trans. Daniel Heller-Roazen (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995), p. 3.
25 Anderson, Benedict, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (London and New York: Verso, 1983), p. 154.
26 Miso II programme book, p. 22.
28 The area is so rich with artefacts that farmers and townspeople are afraid to dig because the probable discovery of a valuable artefact would interrupt work and life and end up costing the landowner millions of won. See Oppenheimer, Robert, Kyǒngju Things: Assembling Place (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2011).
30 Sung, Ak Ju, Light of a Century: Seokguram Stone Grotto (Seoul: Dongguk University Press, 2009) pp. 105–9 (성낙주, 석굴암 백년의 빛: 사진으로 읽는 수난과 영광의 한 세기 (서울: 동국대학교출판부, 2009)). Many thanks to Cho Yu Jung, who assisted me in reading this text.
