{"product_id":"the-intimacies-of-conflict-9781479805365","title":"The Intimacies of Conflict","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner, 2020 Peter C Rollins Prize, given by the Northeast Popular \u0026amp; American Culture AssociationEnables a reckoning with the legacy of the Forgotten War through literary and cinematic works of cultural memoryThough often considered the forgotten war, lost between the end of World War II and the start of the Cold War, the Korean War was, as Daniel Y. Kim argues, a watershed event that fundamentally reshaped both domestic conceptions of race and the interracial dimensions of the global empire that the United States would go on to establish. He uncovers a trail of cultural artefacts that speaks to the trauma experienced by civilians during the conflict but also evokes an expansive web of complicity in the suffering that they endured.   Taking up a range of American popular media from the 1950s, Kim offers a portrait of the Korean War as it looked to Americans while they were experiencing it in real time. Kim expands this archive to read a robust host of fiction from US writers like Susan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Korean War is often dubbed the Forgotten War, as it took place between the two larger conflicts of World War II and the Vietnam War. Kim. Kim provides an interpretation of how this 'forgotten war' was remembered through a variety of mediums, including motion pictures and novels ... Highly recommended.\" * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"A\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003elearned, eloquent, and necessary account of the significance of the Korean War for race relations in the U.S. The study is remarkable for the depth and wealth of knowledge it exhibits on the cultures of this conflict, from the period of its unfolding to the present – all rendered with nuance and in Daniel Kim’s masterful style.\" * Josephine Park, author of \u003ci\u003eCold War Friendships: Korea, Vietnam, and Asian American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Daniel Kim’s \u003ci\u003eThe Intimacies of Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e provides a new approach to our understanding of the Korean War, which has been poorly remembered outside of Korea despite its devastating human losses. Working with consummate skill through novels, films, and photos, Kim approaches the war through the perspectives of Koreans, Asian Americans, and people of color, asserting throughout that the cultural memories of war belong to more than just generals, soldiers, and white men. \u003ci\u003eThe Intimacies of Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e is a crucial new work in our understanding of how the Korean War continues to reverberate through history, memory, and feeling.\" * Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"The book will become a must-read for all serious scholars of the Korean War. Kim’s thoughtful analysis and fluid writing help him skillfully weave together a diverse set of literary and cinematic works. With its emphasis on previously unexplored aspects of the war’s cultural legacy, \u003ci\u003eThe Intimacies of Conflict \u003c\/i\u003eenables us to better understand just how profoundly the conflict reshaped the individuals and nations that fought in it.\" * The Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003ePart of an increasingly robust turn toward the cold war in American studies, \u003ci\u003eIntimacies of\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eConflict\u003c\/i\u003e denies that compulsion to forget and ambitiously recuperates the importance of\u003cbr\u003e the Korean War in a squarely US and Asian American studies context. Woven together\u003cbr\u003e with muscular readings of texts, films, and memorial sites, \u003ci\u003eIntimacies\u003c\/i\u003e makes the case for\u003cbr\u003e rethinking the Korean War’s centrality in US racial and geopolitical projects and in Asian\u003cbr\u003e American postmemorial reconstitution.\u003c\/p\u003e \" -- ALH Online Review * ALH Online Review *","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867290546519,"sku":"9781479805365","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781479805365.jpg?v=1722282625","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-intimacies-of-conflict-9781479805365","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}