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International and Area Studies
City University of New York (CUNY)
Death; East Aisa; Funeral; Photography; Portraiture; Vernacular Photography
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Death And Photography In East Asia: Funerary Use Of Portrait Photography, Jeehey Kim
Death And Photography In East Asia: Funerary Use Of Portrait Photography, Jeehey Kim
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This dissertation expands and elaborates upon my 2009 project, 'Korean Funerary Photo-Portraiture,' which examined the uses of portrait photography in funerals and ancestor worship in Korea. By extending the geographic scope of the earlier project to encompass East Asia, its aim is to investigate how funerary photo-portraiture is intertwined with geopolitical issues across the region.
In order to explore the historical and socio-political layers of vernacular photography in East Asia, this dissertation compares the practice of funerary photo-portraiture in five countries by examining the basic concepts underpinning it. China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam all incorporate portrait photography into funerals …