DMZ Crossing: Performing Emotional Citizenship Along the Korean Border

by Suk-Young Kim

The Korean demilitarized zone might be among the most heavily guarded places on earth, but it also provides passage for thousands of defectors, spies, political emissaries, war prisoners, activists, tourists, and others testing the limits of Korean division. This book focuses on a diverse selection of inter-Korean border crossers and the citizenship they acquire based on emotional affiliation rather than constitutional delineation. Using their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231164823
• ISBN13: 9780231164825
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher