Search Results for South Korea

... books, but rather as a call for even more scholarship on the cultural history of postwar South Korea. The two books under review contain many additional enlightening contributions on a range of topics: the discursive formation of ethnonational “Koreanness,” middle-class dreams of home ownership...

... on a cohesive nation-state and tried to remake it in its own image. The Japanese greeted democratization with ambivalence, for it did not come from within. South Korea's position regarding the burgeoning Sino-US rivalry is ever more complicated. Heo and Reohrig see new and expanding sectors for US–South...

...Ji-young Lee The US-South Korea Alliance would have been greatly enhanced by giving more attention to how North Korea fits in this discussion of the alliance transformation, and thereby examining more closely the interconnectedness of traditional and new security challenges. For example...

...David C. Kang From Deterrence to Engagement: The U.S. Defense Commitment to South Korea . By Terence Roehrig . Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books , 2006 . xi , 285 pp. $80.00 (cloth); $26.95 (paper). South Korean Engagement Policies and North Korea: Identities, Norms and the Sunshine...

... the connections and disconnections between these two realms in a systematic way could enrich our understanding of contemporary media, youth, and political activism in South Korea. In this study of the youth in political protest, Kang emphasizes how their activism is different from that of the older...

..., and frequent typographical errors. SEUNG-KYUNG KIM University of Maryland at College Park South Korea and the Socialist Countries: The Politics of Trade. By D A N C. SANFORD. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. xv, 138 pp. $45.00. Korea 1991: The Road to Peace. Edited by M I C H A E L J . M A Z A R R , J O H N...

... . Edited by Yur-Bok Lee and Wayne Patterson . University, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press , 1986 . x , 188 pp. $24.95. America's Commitment to South Korea: The First Decade of the Nixon Doctrine . By Joo-Hong Nam . LSE Monographs in International Studies, Cambridge : Cambridge...

...Hyun Ok Park Decentering Citizenship: Gender, Labor, and Migrant Rights in South Korea . By Hae Yeon Choo . Stanford, Calif .: Stanford University Press , 2016 . xi, 200 pp. ISBN: 9780804791274 (cloth, also available in paper and as e-book). Contested Embrace...

...Yoonkyung Lee Memory Construction and the Politics of Time in Neoliberal South Korea . By Namhee Lee . Durham, NC : Duke University Press , 2022 . ix, 214 pp. ISBN: 9781478018988 . © 2024 Association for Asian Studies 2024 The rise of the Far Right and the decline...

...Munseob Lee In conclusion, Shrimp to Whale: South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop is an enthralling and informative account of South Korea's inspiring journey. Its accessibility, insights on pivotal historical figures, and multidimensional analysis make it an invaluable resource for both...

...Chan Yong Bu Celluloid Democracy: Cinema and Politics in Cold War South Korea . By Hieyoon Kim . Oakland : University of California Press , 2023 . xv, 163 pp. ISBN: 9780520394377 . © 2024 Association for Asian Studies 2024 This provocative and richly detailed book starts...

...Anna Jungeun Lee Abstract This article considers frugality as an important political praxis in South Korea's Park Chung Hee period (1961–79), examining “frugality awards” that encouraged bureaucrats and citizens to practice “ascetic nationalism” in daily life contexts. The authoritarian state...

... of educational (chapter 9) and health (chapter 10) outcomes. Drawing on an eclectic set of methodological strategies and data sources, Redefining Multicultural Families in South Korea does the important work of broadening and updating our understanding of family change in Korea. Whether the reader...

.... This volume helps clarify some of the issues facing Korea over the next critical period. DAVID I. STEINBERG Georgetown University Class Struggle or Family Struggle?: The Lives of Women Factory Workers in South Korea. By SEUNG-KYUNG K I M . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. x, 204 pp. $60.00 (cloth...

...Seung-Kyung Kim Measured Excess: Status, Gender, and Consumer Nationalism in South Korea . By Laura C. Nelson . New York : Columbia University Press , 2000 . xviii , 224 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $18.50 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2002 2002 278...

...Seungsook Moon Abstract Is civil society gendered? What can the Korean women's movement tell us about the very notion and working of civil society and the 1990s history of democratization in South Korea? Students of democratization have overlooked these questions in their study of civil society...

...Yue-Man Yeung Capitalist Development and Economism in East Asia: The Rise of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea . By Kui-Wai Li . London and New York : Routledge , 2002 . xviii, 300 pp. $100.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2003 2003 212...

...Seuk-Ryule Hong Abstract Research into the reunification of Korea has focused on the governmental policies of North and South Korea, as well as the policies of countries involved with them. The views expressed within Korean civil society about reunification have not been given much consideration...

...Sheena Choi; Kathleen A. Murphey Education Fever: Society, Politics, and the Pursuit of Schooling in South Korea . By Michael J. Seth . Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press , 2002 . vii , 305 pp. $49.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2003 2003...

...Haesook Kim On the Move for Love: Migrant Entertainers and the U.S. Military in South Korea . By Cheng Sealing . Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press , 2010 . 291 pp. $55.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2011 2011 Migration for sex...