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The History of Modern Korean Fiction (1890-1945)

The Topography of Literary Systems and Form

By: Young Min Kim

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The History of Modern Korean Fiction (1890-1945)

The Topography of Literary Systems and Form

By: Young Min Kim

This book explores the history of modern Korean literature from a sociocultural perspective. Rather than focusing solely on specific authors and their works, Young Min Kim argues that the development of modern media, shifting conceptualizations of the author, and a growing mass readership fundamentally shaped the types of narratives that appeared at the turn of the twentieth century. In particular, Kim follows the trajectory of the sin sosŏl (new fiction) as it meshed with the new print and media culture to give rise to innovative and hybrid genres and literary styles. In doing so, he compellingly illuminates the relationship between literary systems and forms and underscores the necessity of re-locating literary texts in their sociohistorical contexts.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793631905

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9781793631909

Developmental Environmentalism

State Ambition and Creative Destruction in East Asia's Green Energy Transition

By: Elizabeth Thurbon,Sung-Young Kim,Hao Tan,John A. Mathews

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Developmental Environmentalism

State Ambition and Creative Destruction in East Asia's Green Energy Transition

By: Elizabeth Thurbon,Sung-Young Kim,Hao Tan,John A. Mathews

This book examines East Asia's approach to 'Developmental Environmentalism'. Embracing this, East Asian governments are establishing their countries as leaders in green energy. This book conains analysis of national strategies policymakers using economic policy for their green ambitions. They conclude by examining these lessons for other countries.

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Oxford University Press

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0192897799

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9780192897794

Legendary Korean Esports World Champions

Ambition, Knee and EscA

By: Kim Hyung-seok,Kang Shin-young

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Legendary Korean Esports World Champions

Ambition, Knee and EscA

By: Kim Hyung-seok,Kang Shin-young

The history of esports in Korea as a cartoon! The games and the star players we loved throughout the history of esports! It shows the rise and fall of the game industry which has grown with esports in a book! Let’s meet the future of Korea where is “The birthplace of esports" through these cartoons! 1. RISE, Ambition Legendary LOL pro gamer, Ambition. He showed his top skills in both positions, the mid-liner and the jungler. We call him as an undead legend that left a big mark in esports history. "You can't get to the top with your skills alone. Only those who have ambition to fly higher than anyone else will be remembered as an eternal legend." 2. WORLD CHAMPION, KNEE His ID is “Knee” and nickname is Tekken God. He is the world's No. 1 professional gamer in Tekken history. However, he is not arrogant about the title of the best and always plays in a challenging manner. His challenge doesn't stop. He's still an active professional gamer. 3. The LEGEND, EscA In Korea, which was called the barren land of FPS, EscA achieved an all-time career of winning five events only with effort. He will be remembered as a legend of South Korea's FPS, which combines not only brilliant play but also leadership of dedication. Through the footsteps of esports, Let's meet the future of Korea, the birthplace of esports!

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Advanced Reliability Modeling II

Reliability Testing and Improvement : Proceedings of the 2nd Asian International Workshop (AIWARM 2006), Busan, Korea, 24-26 August 2006

By: Tadashi Dohi,Won Young Yun

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Advanced Reliability Modeling II

Reliability Testing and Improvement : Proceedings of the 2nd Asian International Workshop (AIWARM 2006), Busan, Korea, 24-26 August 2006

By: Tadashi Dohi,Won Young Yun

The 2006 Asian International Workshop on Advanced Reliability Modeling (AIWARM) is the second symposium in a series of biennial workshops for the dissemination of state-of-art research and the presentation of practice in reliability and maintenance engineering in Asia. It brings together researchers and engineers from not only Asian countries but also all over world to discuss the state of research and practice in dealing with both reliability issues at the system design phase and maintenance issues at the system operation phase. The theme of AIWARM 2006 is ?reliability testing and improvement?. The contributions in this volume cover all the main topics in reliability and maintenance engineering, providing an in-depth presentation of theory and practice.

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World Scientific

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9812567585

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9789812567581

The Papyrus Basket

By: Phyllis Young-Ae Kim

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The Papyrus Basket

By: Phyllis Young-Ae Kim

A true tearful story of how much God loves us and how deep His providence is. The English Translation of the Handong Global University's Story that made 200+ thousand readers cry.

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Xulon Press

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1600343406

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Highly Successful Stock Investment Formula at Short-term

Equation of Stock Investment in Which Even Beginners Learn and Make Profits Easily

By: Young Min Kim

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Highly Successful Stock Investment Formula at Short-term

Equation of Stock Investment in Which Even Beginners Learn and Make Profits Easily

By: Young Min Kim

This book introduces a formula for safe stock investment. Do you think investing in stocks is gambling? Or do you think simply good luck will make a profit, and bad luck will make a loss? There\'s a formula for safe stock investment. The forces that move the sport do not simply manage the sport by luck, nor do they decide whether the sport goes up or down like gambling. There may be a deviation from one stock to another, but the power does not simply leave the huge amount of money it has invested to chance to manage the stock. A formula that goes up when it has to go up, falls when it falls, and rebound when it\'s going to rebound, when power is in control. Only then can other investors pay more attention to the stock and buy it, so the forces can see big returns. The reason for gambling is lack of knowledge and experience, He is possessed by a delusion that, on the spur of the moment, will make him rich. With the expectation that the stock will continue to rise despite the fact that it has already finished rising, It\'s a gamble because you can\'t cope with it when you go up, but when you go down. The investment formula that this book introduces 1. It\'s a short-term stock investment formula. There are only so few regular items that can be invested for many years. When the formula in this book is over and the rise is over, change it to another category. 2. I\'ll show you how to buy it on your right knee and sell it on your left shoulder. Buying from the soles of the feet, selling from the top of the head, can only be done by force. Reduce your greed. Sometimes the gap between the right knee and the left shoulder can be very large, or the gap can be very narrow. But it still makes a profit, and you can apply the equation to other stocks, so you can continue to make a profit. 3. Just as memorizing math formulas makes solving problems easy, memorizing formulas for stock investments makes stocks easier. If you don\'t know the formula or know-how for anything, it\'s several times more difficult than someone who has experience. However, if you memorize a formula and solve a number of problems, it becomes easier to solve most of the problems that apply to that formula. There\'s such a formula in this book, so memorize it and study it. 4. Explain how individual investors apply formulas to the largest number of Kium securities programs. If you follow along, you can set up a securities program and apply it to short-term investments. Please empty your head and reduce your greed if you have anything to say. Even if you leave your money in the bank for a year, you only pay 2-3% interest. Even if the profits are low sometimes, it\'s a great way to keep the principal and make a steady profit. Of course, there are times when it\'s profitable, so you\'ll end up feeling financial ease. Lists 1. Formula of MACD453 strong section attack 2. Formula of Ichimoku chart baseline 26 day, 130 day line attack 3. Formula of start-up decline on 3-day or 3-week moving average 4. Formula of targeting stocks fall -60% from highest point after new listing 5. Formula at order of 20-day line, 5-day line, Ichimoku chart baseline of 130, and 60-day line 6. Formula for targeting at the closing price of the largest trading volume

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8967842856

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Nanoscale Interface for Organic Electronics

By: Mitsumasa Iwamoto,Young-Soo Kwon,Takhee Lee

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Nanoscale Interface for Organic Electronics

By: Mitsumasa Iwamoto,Young-Soo Kwon,Takhee Lee

This book treats the important issues of interface control in organic devices in a wide range of applications that cover from electronics, displays, and sensors to biorelated devices. This book is composed of three parts: Part 1, Nanoscale interface; Part 2, Molecular electronics; Part 3, Polymer electronics.

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World Scientific

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9814322482

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Gastrointestinal Cancer

A Comprehensive Guide to Diagnosis and Management

By: Hoon Jai Chun,Seun Ja Park,Yun Jeong Lim,Si Young Song

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Gastrointestinal Cancer

A Comprehensive Guide to Diagnosis and Management

By: Hoon Jai Chun,Seun Ja Park,Yun Jeong Lim,Si Young Song

There have been many advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, but it is still a feared disease with a lot of work left to be done. The importance of gastrointestinal cancer as a frequently occurring disease goes without saying. It accounts for half of human cancer cases but differs from other forms of cancer. Complete prevention is possible through proper treatment of precancerous lesions. There is still no comprehensive book about prevention, early diagnosis, and proper treatment of precancerous lesions and new developed diagnostic modality, and treatment such as endoscopic treatment and minimal invasive surgery and chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Also, this book will contain conservative treatment methods for patients suffering from diverse complications. There will be plentiful clinical cases including endoscopic findings, radiologic images, pathology and treatment outcome in this book. For these reasons, this book will give very valuable information to many gastroenterologists, oncologists , surgeons and general physicians.

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Springer Nature

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9819908159

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The Making of the First Korean President

Syngman Rhee’s Quest for Independence

By: Young Ick Lew

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The Making of the First Korean President

Syngman Rhee’s Quest for Independence

By: Young Ick Lew

The only full-scale history of Syngman Rhee’s (1875–1965) early career in English was published nearly six decades ago. Now, in The Making of the First Korean President, Young Ick Lew uncovers little-known aspects of Rhee’s leadership roles prior to 1948, when he became the Republic of Korea’s first president. In this richly illustrated volume, Lew delves into Rhee’s background, investigates his abortive diplomatic missions, and explains how and why he was impeached as the head of the Korean Provisional Government in 1925. He analyzes the numerous personal conflicts between Rhee and other prominent Korean leaders, including some close friends and supporters who eventually denounced him as an autocrat. Rhee is portrayed as a fallible yet charismatic leader who spent his life fighting in the diplomatic and propaganda arena for the independence of his beleaguered nation—a struggle that would have consumed and defeated lesser men. Based on exhaustive research that incorporates archival records as well as secondary sources in Korean, English, and Japanese, The Making of the First Korean President meticulously lays out the key developments of Rhee’s pre-presidential career, including his early schooling in Korea, involvement in the reform movement against the Taehan (“Great Korean”) Empire, and his six-year incarceration in Seoul Prison for a coup attempt on Emperor Kojong. Rhee’s life in the U.S. is also examined in detail: his education at George Washington, Harvard, and Princeton universities; his evangelical work at the Seoul YMCA; his extensive activities in Hawai‘i and attempts to maintain prestige and power among Koreans in the U.S. Lew concludes that, despite the manifold shortcomings in Rhee’s authoritarian leadership, he was undoubtedly best prepared to assume the presidency of South Korea after the onset of the Cold War in the Korean Peninsula. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in modern Korean history, this work will serve as a lasting portrait of one of the pivotal figures in the evolution of Korea as it journeyed from colonial suppression to freedom and security.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824839145

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9780824839147

Plasma Discharge in Liquid

Water Treatment and Applications

By: Yong Yang,Young I. Cho,Alexander Fridman

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Plasma Discharge in Liquid

Water Treatment and Applications

By: Yong Yang,Young I. Cho,Alexander Fridman

Plasma methods that effectively combine ultraviolet radiation, active chemicals, and high electric fields offer an alternative to conventional water treatment methods. However, knowledge of the electric breakdown of liquids has not kept pace with this increasing interest, mostly due to the complexity of phenomena related to the plasma breakdown process. Plasma Discharge in Liquid: Water Treatment and Applications provides engineers and scientists with a fundamental understanding of the physical and chemical phenomena associated with plasma discharges in liquids, particularly in water. It also examines state-of-the-art plasma-assisted water treatment technologies. The Physics & Applications of Underwater Plasma Discharges The first part of the book describes the physical mechanism of pulsed electric breakdown in water and other liquids. It looks at how plasma is generated in liquids and discusses the electronic and bubble mechanism theories for how the electric discharge in liquid is initiated. The second part of the book focuses on various water treatment applications, including: Decontamination of volatile organic compounds and remediation of contaminated water Microorganism sterilization and other biological applications Cooling water treatment Drawing extensively on recent research, this one-stop reference combines the physics and applications of electric breakdown in liquids in a single volume. It offers a valuable resource for scientists, engineers, and students interested in the topic of plasmas in liquids.

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CRC Press

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1439866244

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The The Criminal History of Japan in Korea 日本の罪惡史

By: Young J. Choe

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The The Criminal History of Japan in Korea 日本の罪惡史

By: Young J. Choe

In its invasion, Japan ripped away all the land and the sea, leaving only the sky of Korea behind. More than even Hitler's record, 7 million Koreans died--Unit 731 biopsy, arson of the great east earthquake, the rape of Queen Myeongseong, the cutting out of court ladies' breasts with knives, the keeping of the Church of Jeam-ri and the villagers in the fire, the raping and killing of two hundred thousand virgins, and the abandoning of draftees on the Pacific Island. And on the altar of blood, Japan became an advanced country. Animals mate and leave quietly, but Japanese soldiers raped and killed and left. Until when are you going to keep the scarlet letter around your neck? Will the day come when mugunghwa and sakura bloom together? Since the Sino-Japanese War again 10 years later, it occupied Korea and inflicted tremendous pain on our people. Unlike Germany, Japan has never repented and apologized for their atrocities. "Japan's Evil Master" will serve as a way of understanding the brutal history of Japan's imperialism. The problem is not knowing their past, but I believe it will be an important guide in preventing Japan's ambition to repeat its militaristic atrocities again. (Han Wan-sang, a former deputy prime minister / professor at Seoul National University) Japanese colonial era signals the importance of the scars of Koreans, and Dr. Choe Young, are vividly displayed. Based on outstanding historical data and clear analytical skills. One of this insights will make a valuable contribution to the future peace of Northeast Asia. (Alexis Dudden, professor and author of Japan's Colonization of Korea, University of Connecticut) There is no book that is more persuasively written about Japan's brutal history, especially the human rights of women who have suffered irrevocable injuries due to the war, centering on the vast data. This book is Japanese military sexual slavery problem for the past and present and really understand what was going on in the direction of solving future problems offer a big role. I would like to strongly recommend modern women who are adapting to rapidly changing social environments and dream of a fair future amid accurate historical perceptions. (Professor Kim Hyun-sook, Sookmyung Women's University) Japan is famous for technology development, but the process is a criminal country achieved through invasion and conquest. Japan can be a companion to the march of mankind if it seeks forgiveness from Korea and other affected countries. This book is recommended as a textbook of the people who can understand and cope with Japan as a crucial guide to Japan's new path of change. (Professor Cho Jin-ho, Illinois State University)

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1685172296

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9781685172299

Transforming Korean Politics

Democracy, Reform, and Culture

By: Young Whan Kihl

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Transforming Korean Politics

Democracy, Reform, and Culture

By: Young Whan Kihl

Over the past fifteen years, South Korea has transformed itself from an authoritarian government into a new democracy with a vibrant capitalist economy. Modernization, democratization, and globalization have played important roles in this transformation, and have greatly influenced the programs and policies of Korea's Sixth Republic. Covering developments through the 2003 elections, this book shows how the South Korean government and society have been shaped not only by the dynamics of these forces, but also by their interaction with the cultural norms of a post-Confucian society. The author provides a conceptual framework and baseline for examining political developments in Korea, and offers an analysis of the factors that are transforming Korean institutions, society, and politics. He discusses the forces shaping Korea's political economy and the performance of successive ROK governments, and also highlights the challenges faced by the newly elected administration of Roh Moo Huan, the North Korean issue, and more.

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Routledge

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131745331X

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9781317453314

Transgression in Korea

Beyond Resistance and Control

By: Juhn Young Ahn

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Transgression in Korea

Beyond Resistance and Control

By: Juhn Young Ahn

Since the turn of the millennium South Korea has continued to grapple with transgressions that shook the nation to its core. Following the serial killings of Korea’s raincoat killer, the events that led to the dissolution of the United Progressive Party, the criminal negligence of the owner and also the crew members of the sunken Sewol Ferry, as well as the political scandals of 2016, there has been much public debate about morality, transparency, and the law in South Korea. Yet, despite its prevalence in public discourse, transgression in Korea has not received proper scholarly attention. Transgression in Korea challenges the popular conceptions of transgression as resistance to authority, the collapse of morality, and an attempt at self- empowerment. Examples of transgression from premodern, modern, and contemporary Korea are examined side by side to underscore the possibility of reading transgression in more ways than one. These examples are taken from a devotional screen from medieval Korea, trickster tales from the late Chosŏn period, reports about flesheating humans, newspaper articles about same- sex relationships from colonial Korea, and films about extramarital affairs, wayward youths, and a vengeful vigilante. Bringing together specialists from various disciplines such as history, art history, anthropology, premodern literature, religion, and fi lm studies, the context- sensitive readings of transgression provided in this book suggest that transgression and authority can be seen as forming something other than an antagonistic relationship.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472123602

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9780472123605

Engineering Mathematics with MATLAB

By: Won Y. Yang,Young K. Choi,Jaekwon Kim,Man Cheol Kim,H. Jin Kim,Taeho Im

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Engineering Mathematics with MATLAB

By: Won Y. Yang,Young K. Choi,Jaekwon Kim,Man Cheol Kim,H. Jin Kim,Taeho Im

The aim of this book is to help the readers understand the concepts, techniques, terminologies, and equations appearing in the existing books on engineering mathematics using MATLAB. Using MATLAB for computation would be otherwise time consuming, tedious and error-prone. The readers are recommended to have some basic knowledge of MATLAB.

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1351671901

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Eastern Learning and the Heavenly Way

The Tonghak and Chondogyo Movements and the Twilight of Korean Independence

By: Carl Young

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Eastern Learning and the Heavenly Way

The Tonghak and Chondogyo Movements and the Twilight of Korean Independence

By: Carl Young

Tonghak, or Eastern Learning, was the first major new religion in modern Korean history. Founded in 1860, it combined aspects of a variety of Korean religious traditions. Because of its appeal to the poor and marginalized, it became best known for its prominent role in the largest peasant rebellion in Korean history in 1894, which set the stage for a wider regional conflict, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895. Although the rebellion failed, it caused immense changes in Korean society and played a part in the war that ended in Japan's victory and its eventual rise as an imperial power. It was in this context of social change and an increasingly perilous international situation that Tonghak rebuilt itself, emerging as Ch’ŏndogyo (Teaching of the Heavenly Way) in 1906. During the years before Japan’s annexation of Korea in 1910, Ch’ŏndogyo continued to evolve by engaging with new currents in social and political thought, strengthening its institutions, and using new communication technologies to spread its religious and political message. In spite of Korea’s loss of independence, Ch’ŏndogyo would endure and play a major role in Korean nationalist movements in the Japanese colonial period, most notably the March First independence demonstrations in 1919. It was only able to thrive thanks to the processes that had taken place in the twilight years of Korean independence. This book focuses on the internal developments in the Tonghak and Ch’ŏndogyo movements between 1895 and 1910. Drawing on a variety of sources in several languages such as religious histories, doctrinal works, newspapers, government reports, and foreign diplomatic reports, it explains how Tonghak survived the turmoil following the failed 1894 rebellion to set the foundations for Ch’ŏndogyo’s important role in the Japanese colonial period. The story of Tonghak and Ch’ŏndogyo not only is an example of how new religions interact with their surrounding societies and how they consolidate and institutionalize themselves as they become more established; it also reveals the processes by which Koreans coped and engaged with the challenges of social, political, and economic change and the looming darkness that would result in the extinguishing of national independence at the hands of Japan’s expanding empire.

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University of Hawaii Press

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082484016X

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Korea and the Imperialists

In Search of a National Identity

By: Young Park

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Korea and the Imperialists

In Search of a National Identity

By: Young Park

KOREA AND THE IMPERIALISTS Until the Korean War in 1950, except for evangelist Christian missionaries, Americans were not interested in Korea or considered it important in the scheme of things. Many did not know Korea had existed as an independent kingdom for centuries and others thought Korea might be a part of China or Japan. Nationalism, geopolitics, and imperialism were the major determinants of international events in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Greed and racism were the prime motivators of imperialism and non-White societies of the world were the victims. Korea was one of many countries that was invaded and made a "sphere of influence." With the support of America and Britain, Japan destroyed Korea's traditional national identity and made Korea a colony in the Japanese Empire. It was the perfect example of how imperialism profoundly affected the social, economic, and political life of countries subjugated by imperialist powers. After World War II, Korea was not granted independence because the Americans did not believe Koreans were capable of self-government. Korea was divided into two military occupation zones, resulting in the creation of a Russian and an American satellite state. In an effort to unite Korea, North Korea invaded South Korea. The U.S., China, and the two Korean states fought a meaningless war and Korea remains divided. Who are the Koreans? Why are there two Koreas? What is Korea's national identity? What role does imperialism and racism play in the destruction of national identities? Hopefully, this brief history of Korea and the Imperialists will provide some answers.

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1438931417

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The Rule of the Taewŏnʾgun, 1864–1873

By: Ching Young Choe

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The Rule of the Taewŏnʾgun, 1864–1873

By: Ching Young Choe

The decade of 1864-1873 is known as the era of the Taewon'gun ("Prince of the Great Court") in Korea, When he ascended the throne in 1864 King Kojong was too young to rule, so his father, Yi Ha-ung, ruled in his place and set out to restore the powers of the monarchy.

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BRILL

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1684171768

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Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep?

A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation

By: Seo-Young Chu

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Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep?

A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation

By: Seo-Young Chu

In culture and scholarship, science-fictional worlds are perceived as unrealistic and altogether imaginary. Seo-Young Chu offers a bold challenge to this perception of the genre, arguing instead that science fiction is a form of “high-intensity realism” capable of representing non-imaginary objects that elude more traditional, “realist” modes of representation. Powered by lyric forces that allow it to transcend the dichotomy between the literal and the figurative, science fiction has the capacity to accommodate objects of representation that are themselves neither entirely figurative nor entirely literal in nature. Chu explores the globalized world, cyberspace, war trauma, the Korean concept of han, and the rights of robots, all as referents for which she locates science-fictional representations in poems, novels, music, films, visual pieces, and other works ranging within and without previous demarcations of the science fiction genre. In showing the divide between realism and science fiction to be illusory, Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? sheds new light on the value of science fiction as an aesthetic and philosophical resource—one that matters more and more as our everyday realities grow increasingly resistant to straightforward representation.

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Harvard University Press

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0674059220

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Blue Bird

By: Young Park

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Blue Bird

By: Young Park

The Korean from America has just finished a mission of revenge in Harbin and on his arrival in Guangzhou is shot. It takes almost a month to recover from the gun shot wounds. During recovery he is with close friends Yasha and Kam Wah. Once out of the hospital he continues his life as a consultant with old comrade Andre. He begins two new projects in Japan and Vietnam. He meets old and new friends Suda, Aiko, Yuki and Kevin. Added to the list of new associates is the Mystery Man. He begins two new projects in Japan and Vietnam. The job in Vietnam involves buying 100,000 M16s that were abandoned by the Americans when they escaped from the Vietnam war. Chief competitor for the rifles is North Korea. What should be a straight business deal become complicated with the involvement of a US intelligence agent working undercover in Saigon. His life becomes complicated when government agents are murdered and paid assassins become involved.

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iUniverse

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1475960182

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Unexpected Alliances

Independent Filmmakers, the State, and the Film Industry in Postauthoritarian South Korea

By: Young-a Park

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Unexpected Alliances

Independent Filmmakers, the State, and the Film Industry in Postauthoritarian South Korea

By: Young-a Park

Since 1999, South Korean films have dominated roughly 40 to 60 percent of the Korean domestic box-office, matching or even surpassing Hollywood films in popularity. Why is this, and how did it come about? In Unexpected Alliances, Young-a Park seeks to answer these questions by exploring the cultural and institutional roots of the Korean film industry's phenomenal success in the context of Korea's political transition in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The book investigates the unprecedented interplay between independent filmmakers, the state, and the mainstream film industry under the post-authoritarian administrations of Kim Dae Jung (1998–2003) and Roh Moo Hyun (2003–2008), and shows how these alliances were critical in the making of today's Korean film industry. During South Korea's post-authoritarian reform era, independent filmmakers with activist backgrounds were able to mobilize and transform themselves into important players in state cultural institutions and in negotiations with the purveyors of capital. Instead of simply labeling the alliances "selling out" or "co-optation," this book explores the new spaces, institutions, and conversations which emerged and shows how independent filmmakers played a key role in national protests against trade liberalization, actively contributing to the creation of the very idea of a "Korean national cinema" worthy of protection. Independent filmmakers changed not only the film institutions and policies but the ways in which people produce, consume, and think about film in South Korea.

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Stanford University Press

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0804793476

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9780804793476

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