{"product_id":"memory-construction-and-the-politics-namhee-lee-9781478016342","title":"Memory Construction and the Politics of Time in Neoliberal South Korea","description":"In \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Namhee Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478016345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478016342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Namhee Lee","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071491862783,"sku":"9781478016342","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_960a9a01-3b8f-4c33-aaab-db4df2a7dd6e.jpg?v=1685436417","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/memory-construction-and-the-politics-namhee-lee-9781478016342","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}