{"product_id":"carving-status-at-kmgangsan-maya-k-h-stiller-9780295749259","title":"Carving Status at K\u0026#365;mgangsan: Elite Graffiti in Premodern Korea","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention for the 2024 James B. Palais Prize for English-Language Scholarly books published on Korea from the Association for Asian Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2022 Patricia Buckley Ebrey Prize sponsored by the American Historical Association\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn eye-opening journey through time in Korea's \"Diamond Mountains\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNorth Korea's Kŭmgangsan is one of Asia's most celebrated sacred mountain ranges, comparable in fame to Mount Tai in China and Mount Fuji in Japan.\u003ci\u003e Carving Status at Kŭmgangsan\u003c\/i\u003e marks a paradigm shift in the research about East Asian mountains by introducing an entirely new field: autographic rock graffiti. The book details how late Chosŏn (ca. 1600-1900 CE) Korean elite travelers used Kŭmgangsan to demonstrate their high social status by carving inscriptions, naming sites, and joining the literary pedigree of visitors to renowned locales. Such travel practices show how social competition emerged in the spatial context of a landscape. Hence, \u003ci\u003e Carving Status at Kŭmgangsan\u003c\/i\u003e argues for an expansion of accepted historical narratives on travel and mountain space in premodern East Asia. Rather than interpreting pilgrimage routes as exclusively religious or tourist, in Kŭmgangsan's case they were also an important site of collective memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA journey to Kŭmgangsan to view and contribute to its sites of memory was an endeavor that late Chosŏn Koreans hoped to achieve in their lives. Based on multidisciplinary research drawing on literary writings, court records, gazetteers, maps, songs, calligraphy, and paintings, \u003ci\u003eCarving Status at Kŭmgangsan\u003c\/i\u003e is the first historical study of this practice. It will appeal to scholars in fields ranging from East Asian history, literature, and geography, to pilgrimage studies and art history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Winner of the 2022 Patricia Buckley Ebrey Prize for a distinguished book on the history of China proper, Vietnam, Chinese Central Asia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Korea, or Japan, prior to 1800, sponsored by the American Historical Association\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maya K. H. Stiller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295749253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295749259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Maya K. H. Stiller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43995365212415,"sku":"9780295749259","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4008823-ab84-4135-9b5e-1ed36e376dba.jpg?v=1683335409","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/carving-status-at-kmgangsan-maya-k-h-stiller-9780295749259","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}