In Pursuit of English: Language and Subjectivity in Neoliberal South Korea

by Joseph Sung-Yul Park

In Pursuit of English traces how the English language became an object of heated pursuit amid South Korea's rapid neoliberalization, creating the so-called "English fever" of the 1990s and 2000s. Joseph Sung-Yul Park demonstrates that English gained prominence not because of the language's supposed economic value, but because of the anxieties, insecurities, and moral desire instilled by neoliberal Korean society. Park shows how English came to be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190855746
• ISBN13: 9780190855741
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"