Article ID: CBB001422375

Tigers---Real and Imagined---in Korea's Physical and Cultural Landscape (2015)

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Historically, people in Korea have valued tigers more as symbols than actual living beings. Premodern Koreans gave various cultural meanings to the tiger---including trickster, divine messenger, and protector. Yet violence characterized most actual encounters between tigers and humans. Various Korean dynasties, most significantly the Chos n (1392--1910), pursued wild tigers as threats and as sources of valuable fur. Human population growth, agricultural expansion, and overhunting placed significant pressure on them by the late nineteenth century. During the period of Japanese colonial rule over Korea (1910--45), nationalists reimagined tigers as symbols of resistance to imperial rule. Traditional attitudes toward wild tigers changed little, however, as continued hunting and habitat destruction led to their disappearance by the mid-twentieth century. But even in their absence, tigers' cultural mystique continued. The tiger's disappearance encouraged a feeling of closeness and affinity for the animal rather than diminishing their symbolic importance. Tiger nostalgia has led some to consider bringing them back, but the tiger remains a symbol with more importance as a cultural idea than a living animal.

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Authors & Contributors
Pere Verdés-Pijuan
Manuel Sánchez-Martínez
Kraker, Adriaan de
Kittler, Friedrich
Hart, Marjolein 't
Greefs, Hilde
Concepts
Visual representation; visual communication
Symbolism; symbolic representation
Science and art
Natural history
Science and culture
Scientific illustration
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
15th century
18th century
14th century
19th century
Places
Netherlands
Korea
Japan
Danube river
Flanders
United States
Institutions
Katholieke Universiteit Brabant (Netherlands)
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