The Culture of Arirang

Contents

Author’s Preface For a Meaningful Questioning on Arirang
Translator’s Preface For an understanding of the various modes of Arirang

Chapter 1. The History of Arirang
1. Reading Arirang through Arirang
⑴ The Concept of Arirang Culture
⑵ The genesis of Arirang and its background
⑶ Naming by Background of Transmission and Function
⑷ Identity, the Gene of Unity; the Chorus
⑸ The Change of Arirang’s Characteristics

2. The Emergence of Modern Folk Song Arirang
⑴ Dependency towards History, ‘Shinsung Yumgok, Arirang Taryung’
⑵ A Flamboyant Dedication, ‘Arirang is Rice’
⑶ Arirang, The Public Media Noticed by the Japanese Empire

3. Arirang Culture, the Kaleidoscope of Modern History
⑴ The Birth of the Movie and Theme Song
⑵ The Story of The Movie
⑶ Na Wungyu and the Funeral Song
⑷ ‘All Songs Commute through Arirang’
⑸ The Imperial Subjectivization Policy of the Japanese Government-General of Joseon,
⑹ Arirang’s Lost of Integrity, the Musical Drama
⑺ The Arirang Cultural Movement
⑻ Diaspora Arirang, Imprinted in Overseas Korean Communities

4. The Path of Continuity and Modification
⑴ The Modes and Diffusion of Arirang in Japga Collections
⑵ Diffusion Through Musical Recordings
⑶ Diffusion Through Broadcasting
⑷ Diffusion Through Popular Song Collections

5. The Bonjo Arirang Period
⑴ The Status of Arirang, Bonjo Arirang
⑵ From the Theme Song to Bonjo Arirang
⑶ Being Used After the Late 1940’s
⑷ Bonjo Means the Status of the Representative

Chapter 2. The Diffusion of Arirang and It’s Modes
1. The Kinds of Arirang and Their Regional Diffusion
⑴ Arirang, One Yet Many and Same Yet Different
⑵ The Regional Diffusion of Arirang
⑶ Classification of North Korean Folk Songs and Arirang
⑷ Korean Communities Overseas

2. The Nature of Arirang of Each Region and Their Stories
⑴ Arirang Hill is Mungyung Seje?
⑵ Arirang of Seoul and Seoul Arirang
⑶ The Sori of Lives, The Song of A Thousand Years Jungsun Arari
⑷ Jindo Arirang that ‘Cannot Be Well-Sung by All’
⑸ Milyang Arirang that Exhibits Contemporariness
⑹ Arirang of North Korea
⑺ Arirang, Succession Towards Unification