The Korean War and Postmemory Generation: Contemporary Korean Arts and Films

by Tong-Yon Ko

This pioneering volume navigates cultural memory of the Korean War through the lens of contemporary arts and film in South Korea for the last two decades.

Cultural memory of the Korean War has been a subject of persistent controversy in the forging of South Korean postwar national and ideological identity. Applying the theoretical notion of "postmemory," this book examines the increasingly diversified attitudes toward memories of the Korean...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032033959
• ISBN13: 9781032033952
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"