Memory Construction and the Politics of Time in Neoliberal South Korea

by Namhee Lee

Book Overview

In Memory Construction and the Politics of Time in Neoliberal South Korea Namhee Lee explores memory construction and history writing in post-1987 South Korea. The massive neoliberal reconstruction of all aspects of society shifted public discourse from minjung (people) to simin (citizen), from political to cultural, from collective to individual. This shift reconstituted people as Homo economicus, rights-bearing and rights-claiming...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478018984
• ISBN13: 9781478018988
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"