{"product_id":"memory-construction-and-the-politics-of-time-in-neoliberal-south-korea-paperback","title":"Memory Construction and the Politics of Time in Neoliberal South Korea - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNamhee Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMemory Construction and the Politics of Time in Neoliberal South Korea\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eminjung\u003c\/i\u003e (people) to \u003ci\u003esimin\u003c\/i\u003e (citizen), from political to cultural, from collective to individual. This shift reconstituted people as Homo economicus, rights-bearing and rights-claiming individuals, even in social movements. Lee explains this shift in the context of simultaneous historical developments: South Korea's transition to democracy, the end of the Cold War, and neoliberal reconstruction understood as synonymous with democratization. By examining memoirs, biographies, novels, and revisionist conservative historical scholarship, Lee shows how the dominant discourse of a \"complete break with the past\" erases the critical ethos of previous emancipatory movements foundational to South Korean democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamhee Lee is Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Minjung: Democracy and the Politics of Representation in South Korea\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe South Korean Democratization Movement: A Sourcebook\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648496001126,"sku":"9781478018988","price":50.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/eDlEV1lVUGZJR2VoT2c5cHlYajF3UT09.webp?v=1779511823","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/memory-construction-and-the-politics-of-time-in-neoliberal-south-korea-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}