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The intimacies of conflict : cultural memory and the Korean War / Daniel Y. Kim.

Author/creator Kim, Daniel Y. author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York : New York University Press, [2020]
Descriptionviii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Partial contents Part 1. -- He's a South Korean when he's running with you, and he's a North Korean when he's running after you : military orientalism and military humanitarianism -- "Tan Yanks" and Black Korea : military multicultualism and race war in cinema -- Military orientalism and the intimacies of collaboration : sacrifice and the construction of the Nisei citizen-soldier as a model minority -- Picture Koreans : the age of the world target and humanitarian orientalism
Partial contents Part 2. -- Angels of mercy and the angel of history : the disfiguring of humanitarian orientalism -- "Bled in, letter by letter" : postmemory and the subject of Korean War history -- The racial borderlands of the Korean War -- The intimacies of complicity -- Conclusion: "The delicate chains of war."
Abstract "The Intimacies of Conflict explores cultural memory and the Korean War"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Kim, Daniel Y. Intimacies of conflict New York : New York University Press, [2020] 9781479800018
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2020016523
ISBN9781479805365
ISBN9781479800797 hardcover
ISBN1479800791 hardcover
ISBN147980536X paperback
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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