{"product_id":"warring-genealogies-joo-ok-kim-9781439920572","title":"Warring Genealogies: Race, Kinship, and the Korean War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarring Genealogies\u003c\/i\u003e examines the elaboration of kinships between Chicano\/a and Asian American cultural production, such as the 1954 proxy adoption of a Korean boy by Leavenworth prisoners. Joo Ok Kim considers white supremacist expressions of kinship-in prison magazines, memorials, U.S. military songbooks-as well as critiques of such expressions in Chicana\/o and Korean diasporic works to conceptualize racialized formations of kinship emerging from the Korean War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarring Genealogies\u003c\/i\u003e unpacks writings by Rolando Hinojosa \u003ci\u003e(Korean Love Songs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Useless Servants)\u003c\/i\u003e and Luis Valdez \u003ci\u003e(I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZoot Suit)\u003c\/i\u003e to show the counter-representations of the Korean War and the problematic depiction of the United States as a benevolent savior. Kim also analyzes Susan Choi's \u003ci\u003eThe Foreign Student\u003c\/i\u003e as a novel that proposes alternative temporalities to dominant Korean War narratives. In addition, she examines Chicano military police procedurals, white supremacist women's organizations, and the politics of funding Korean War archives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKim's comparative study Asian American and Latinx Studies makes insightful connections about race, politics, and citizenship to critique the Cold War conception of the \"national family.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joo Ok Kim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439920575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439920572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Joo Ok Kim","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075690393855,"sku":"9781439920572","price":99.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cfa944c9-bc8b-469a-b3b8-134d709001e2.jpg?v=1685460865","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/warring-genealogies-joo-ok-kim-9781439920572","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}