@article{ART003117147},
author={Park Jeong Min},
title={The Rise and Fall of the Sorae Area and the Activities of the Local Community in the 1920-30s},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2024},
volume={81},
number={3},
pages={109-135}
TY - JOUR
AU - Park Jeong Min
TI - The Rise and Fall of the Sorae Area and the Activities of the Local Community in the 1920-30s
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2024
VL - 81
IS - 3
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 109
EP - 135
SN - 1598-3021
AB - The current Siheung City is said to be divided into the Sorae area in the north and the Jeongwang area in the south in terms of ‘identity-centeredness’.
To investigate this phenomenon historically, this paper examines the socioeconomic foundation of the Sorae area during the period of Japanese occupation and the rise and fall of the Sorae area through the activities of the local community. The Sorae area during the period of Japanese occupation was administratively part of Sorae-myeon, in Bucheon-gun, and its socioeconomic base comprised commerce and agriculture, including the procurement of snake guts and shells. Based on this agricultural and commercial base, the area had a large population within Bucheon-gun, but it was marginalized in the process of ‘developing’ Gyeongin as a militaryindustrial zone in the late 1930s, and various infrastructure facilities were concentrated in Sosa-myeon and Bunae-myeon (Bupyeong) in Bucheongun.
Nevertheless, to be included in this ‘development’, the Soraemyeon community strongly demanded that the provincial and county authorities install infrastructure such as financial cooperatives, electric lights, and road construction. In short, the rise and fall of the Sorae area is significant as an example of how the status and function of a region changes depending on top-down ‘development’. It also explains the ‘disconnection’ of modern Siheung City because the socioeconomic base of the Sorae area during the Japanese colonial period was different from Gunja and Suam-myeon, which were incorporated into Siheung City after liberation.
KW - Sorae;Sosa;Bupyeong;Top-down Development;Siheung City
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Park Jeong Min. (2024). The Rise and Fall of the Sorae Area and the Activities of the Local Community in the 1920-30s. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 81(3), 109-135.
Park Jeong Min. 2024, "The Rise and Fall of the Sorae Area and the Activities of the Local Community in the 1920-30s", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.81, no.3 pp.109-135.
Park Jeong Min "The Rise and Fall of the Sorae Area and the Activities of the Local Community in the 1920-30s" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 81.3 pp.109-135 (2024) : 109.
Park Jeong Min. The Rise and Fall of the Sorae Area and the Activities of the Local Community in the 1920-30s. 2024; 81(3), 109-135.
Park Jeong Min. "The Rise and Fall of the Sorae Area and the Activities of the Local Community in the 1920-30s" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 81, no.3 (2024) : 109-135.
Park Jeong Min. The Rise and Fall of the Sorae Area and the Activities of the Local Community in the 1920-30s. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 81(3), 109-135.
Park Jeong Min. The Rise and Fall of the Sorae Area and the Activities of the Local Community in the 1920-30s. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2024; 81(3) 109-135.
Park Jeong Min. The Rise and Fall of the Sorae Area and the Activities of the Local Community in the 1920-30s. 2024; 81(3), 109-135.
Park Jeong Min. "The Rise and Fall of the Sorae Area and the Activities of the Local Community in the 1920-30s" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 81, no.3 (2024) : 109-135.
