Dress History of Korea

Kyunghee Pyun is Assistant Professor in the History of Art Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology, USA.Minjee Kim is an independent researcher based in San Francisco, USA.

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsNotes on the Usage of the Korean LanguageIntroduction 1. Making Dress History in the Context of Primary Sources, Kyunghee PyunPart 1: Primary Sources - Historiography and Chronological Reviews 2. Identity and Fashion in the Ancient Dress of Korea, Minjee Kim3. Goryeo (918 – 1392): Dress in Literature, Bulbokjang, and Visual Arts, Jaeyoon Yi4. Reading Fashion of Joseon (1392 – 1910): Textual Sources with Clothing Illustrations, Ga Young Park5. Scholarly Discourses on Fashion Change in Late Joseon, Lee Talbot6. Joseon Portraiture Paintings for Dress and Fashion, Gilhong Min7. Bodily Ornaments in Korean Archaeology and Dress History, Kyeongmi Joo8. Shift of Worldview: Changes of Dress in Korea, 1870s – 1910s, Kyungmee Lee9. Magazines and Photographs for Fashion History of Korea, Yunah LeePart 2: Case Studies - Museum Practice, Tourism, and Costume Design10. Chulto boksik (Excavated Dress) and the Collection at Chungbuk National University Museum, In-woo Chang 11. Collection and Exhibition of Dress at the Seok Juseon Memorial Museum, Myung-eun Lee12. Acquisition of Reproduction and Identification of Mystery Items: Case Studies in Scotland, Rosina Buckland & Minjee Kim13. Hanbok and Korean Identity: An Anthropological View, Millie Creighton & Elias Alexander14. Costuming Korean Period Dramas, Minjung E. Lee Selected Bibliography Index

Fashion history has been a Eurocentric field for much too long. Dress History of Korea makes an important contribution to the global and interdisciplinary study of dress and fashion. By emphasizing primary sources and case studies, it provides an essential scholarly foundation for future work.