5,073円 Forever Girls explores girlhood manifest in contemporary South Korean cinema within the conflicting socio-political forces that shaped the nation: coloniality, postcolonial and postwar traumas, modernity, and democracy. Author Jinhee Choi reorients the direction of current scholarship on contempo...

2,400円 Evelien de Bruijn weet weinig van het Indische kampverleden van haar vader. Hij praat er niet over als ze opgroeit. Als ze vraagt wat er in zijn jeugd is gebeurd, geeft hij haar een brief, bestemd voor haar en haar broer, bedoeld om na zijn dood te lezen. Daarin beschrijft hij zijn jonge jaren in...

4,400円 "This book delves into Kang's life, influences, and oeuvre, offering readers an intimate portrait of an artist whose writing transcends cultural and linguistic boundaries. Kang's early life was marked by the shadow of the Gwangju Uprising (1980), a state-sanctioned massacre that shaped her family...

4,350円 Cet ouvrage examine la vie, les influences et l'œuvre de Kang, dévoilant aux lecteurs un aperçu intime d'un artiste dont l'écriture transcende les frontières culturelles et linguistiques. Les prémices de l'œuvre de Kang sont indubitablement influencées par le soulèvement de Gwangju (1980), un mas...

2,819円 A detailed look at Admiral Yi's four 1592 sorties that defeated the Japanese navy and established him as a national hero. In 1592, Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin planned a series of attacks against the Japanese navy. His first two campaigns saw him destroy several isolated Japanese squadrons engaged i...

164円 In "The History of Korea Vol. I" by Homer B. Hulbert, readers embark on a captivating journey through the annals of Korean history, primarily focusing on the illustrious Joseon Dynasty and the intricate tapestry of events that shaped the Korean peninsula. Hulbert meticulously examines Korea's cul...

164円 In "The History of Korea Vol. II" by Homer B. Hulbert, readers embark on a captivating journey through the annals of Korean history, primarily focusing on the illustrious Joseon Dynasty and the intricate tapestry of events that shaped the Korean peninsula. Hulbert meticulously examines Korea's cu...

3,235円 Lady Hyegyong's memoirs, which recount the chilling murder of her husband by his father, form one of the best known and most popular classics of Korean literature. From 1795 until 1805 Lady Hyegyong composed this masterpiece, depicting a court life Shakespearean in its pathos, drama, and grandeur...

9,162円 It’s Madness examines Korea’s years under Japanese colonialism, when mental health first became defined as a medical and social problem. As in most Asian countries, severe social ostracism, shame, and fear of jeopardizing marriage prospects compelled most Korean families to conceal the mentally i...

4,927円 When the crucial years after the Korean War are remembered today, histories about North Korea largely recount a grand epic of revolution centering on the ascent of Kim Il Sung to absolute power. Often overshadowed in this storyline, however, are the myriad ways the Korean population participated ...

4,927円 The first book to explore the institutional, ideological, and conceptual development of the modern state on the peninsula, Rationalizing Korea analyzes the state’s relationship to five social sectors, each through a distinctive interpretive theme: economy (developmentalism), religion (secularizat...

4,927円 The State's Sexuality uncovers how the lives and work of women engaged in prostitution, long considered the most abased members of society, have been strategically intertwined with the lofty purpose of building South Korea's postcolonial nation-state. Through a complicated, contradictory patchwor...