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Namhee Lee explores how social memory and neoliberal governance in post-1987 South Korea have disavowed the revolutionary politics of the past.

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"Lee’s book makes a significant contribution to current literature on social memory, in particular, by demonstrating how memory becomes a tool for mass media to construct alternate narratives of history and collective memories of the past." -- Charlotte Hammond * European Journal of Korean Studies *

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Notes on Romanization and Translations xi
Introduction: The Politics of Time and Neoliberal Disavowal 1
1. The Paradigm Shift from Minjung (People) to Simin (Citizen) and Neoliberal Governance 23
2. The Paradigm Shift from the Political to the Cultural and Huildam Literature 45
3. Park Chung-hee Syndrome, Mass Media, and “Culture War” 71
4. The Rise of New Right Historiography and Its Triumphalist Discourse 95
Epilogue: Politics of Time and the Poetics of Remembrance 121
Notes 137
Bibliography 177
Index 207

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      Publisher: Duke University Press
      Publication Date: 02/12/2022
      ISBN13: 9781478018988, 978-1478018988
      ISBN10: 1478018984
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Namhee Lee explores how social memory and neoliberal governance in post-1987 South Korea have disavowed the revolutionary politics of the past.

      Trade Review
      "Lee’s book makes a significant contribution to current literature on social memory, in particular, by demonstrating how memory becomes a tool for mass media to construct alternate narratives of history and collective memories of the past." -- Charlotte Hammond * European Journal of Korean Studies *

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments vii
      Notes on Romanization and Translations xi
      Introduction: The Politics of Time and Neoliberal Disavowal 1
      1. The Paradigm Shift from Minjung (People) to Simin (Citizen) and Neoliberal Governance 23
      2. The Paradigm Shift from the Political to the Cultural and Huildam Literature 45
      3. Park Chung-hee Syndrome, Mass Media, and “Culture War” 71
      4. The Rise of New Right Historiography and Its Triumphalist Discourse 95
      Epilogue: Politics of Time and the Poetics of Remembrance 121
      Notes 137
      Bibliography 177
      Index 207

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