{"product_id":"cosmopolitan-memories-vernacular-visions-daniel-pieper-9781487508500","title":"Cosmopolitan Memories, Vernacular Visions: The Roots of Modern Korean","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmid the global rise of Korean popular culture, interest in learning the Korean language has surged - but few understand the complex history behind its modern form. This book traces the emergence of vernacular Korean as a distinct subject of study in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, illuminating a transformative period in Korea's linguistic and national development. Through a sociolinguistic lens, it examines how Korean writing transitioned from the elite \"Sinographic Cosmopolis\" of literary Sinitic to a vernacular language shaped by modernist and nationalist ideologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentering on school textbooks as key sites of change, Daniel Pieper reveals how language education became instrumental in forging modern Korean literacy and identity. The book situates this process within broader global patterns of vernacularization and nation-building across East Asia, Europe, and South Asia. Introducing the concept of \"transformative bilingualism,\" it argues that Korea's language modernization - while catalyzed by colonial influence - ultimately reshaped both Korean and Japanese literacies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy exploring this dynamic interplay between colonialism, modernity, and linguistic identity, \u003cem\u003eCosmopolitan Memories, Vernacular Visions\u003c\/em\u003e offers a vital new understanding of how Korea's language and nation were written into being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Pieper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487508506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487508500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Daniel Pieper","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965572759807,"sku":"9781487508500","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5844e363-2256-4449-85a6-bf00a24d83de.jpg?v=1767281449","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cosmopolitan-memories-vernacular-visions-daniel-pieper-9781487508500","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}