Militarized Modernity and Gendered Citizenship in South Korea

by Seungsook Moon

This pathbreaking study presents a feminist analysis of the politics of membership in the South Korean nation over the past four decades. Seungsook Moon examines the ambitious effort by which South Korea transformed itself into a modern industrial and militarized nation. She demonstrates that the pursuit of modernity in South Korea involved the construction of the anticommunist national identity and a massive effort to mold the populace into useful,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822336162
• ISBN13: 9780822336167
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"