The Korean War Novel: Rewriting History from the Civil War to the Post-Cold War

Uncovers how historical novels rewrite the history of the Korean WarRevisits the Korean War and the Korean War novels from a post-Cold War perspective of decolonisationExamines the dual role of East Asians as both victims and agents of the Cold WarRecovers previously hidden dimensions of the conflic...

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1. Verfasser: Koo Rhee, Suk (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2024]
Schriftenreihe:Edinburgh Critical Studies in War and Culture : ECSWC
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Zusammenfassung:Uncovers how historical novels rewrite the history of the Korean WarRevisits the Korean War and the Korean War novels from a post-Cold War perspective of decolonisationExamines the dual role of East Asians as both victims and agents of the Cold WarRecovers previously hidden dimensions of the conflict, including its framing as a civil war, a gender war and a reverse postcolonial war or 'proxy war'Brings to the fore the hidden ideological contours of Korean War novels from a Machereyan or Jamesonian perspectiveWrites back against the authoritative version of Cold War historiographyin an attempt to explain the contemporary nature of the unfinished conflict on the Korean peninsula todayThe Korean War Novel examines the ways that novels written by Korean and Asian American writers have represented the Korean War. By studying the ideological contours of works by Richard E. Kim, Ahn Junghyo, Susan Choi, Ha Jin, Choi In-hun and Hwang Sok-yong, it documents the range of historical narratives that have alternatively framed the Korean War as an international war, a civil war, a reverse postcolonial war or 'proxy war', a war between the genders, and an attempt to de-escalate the Cold War itself. The dual role of North East Asians as both victims and willing agents of the Cold War comes into focus in revisiting the conflict from the post-Cold War perspective of decolonisation. Suk Koo Rhee writes back against the authoritative version of Cold War historiography to explain the contemporary nature of the unfinished conflict on the Korean peninsula today
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Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (272 Seiten) 9 black and white illustrations
ISBN:9781399524544
DOI:10.1515/9781399524544