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

Seeley, Joseph (Author)
Skabelund, Aaron (Author)

Environmental History
Volume: 20, no. 3
Issue: 3
Pages: 475-503

DOI: 10.1093/envhis/emv079

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Mammalogy Human-animal relationships Fur trade Nature and its relationship to culture; human-nature relationships Symbolism; symbolic representation 19th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century Korea

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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