{"product_id":"worm-time-we-jung-yi-9781501778575","title":"Worm-Time: Memories of Division in South Korean Aesthetics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorm-Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e challenges conventional narratives of the Cold War and its end, presenting an alternative cultural history based on evolving South Korean aesthetics about enduring national division.\u003c\/b\u003e From novels of dissent during the authoritarian era to films and webtoons in the new millennium, We Jung Yi's transmedia analyses unearth people's experiences of \"wormification\"--traumatic survival, deferred justice, and warped capitalist growth in the wake of the Korean War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether embodied as refugees, leftists, or broken families, Yi's wormified protagonists transcend their positions as displaced victims of polarized politics and unequal development. Through metamorphoses into border riders who fly over or crawl through the world's dividing lines, they reclaim postcolonial memories buried in the pursuit of modernization under US hegemony and cultivate a desire for social transformation. Connecting colonial legacies, Cold War ideologies, and neoliberal economics, \u003ci\u003eWorm-Time\u003c\/i\u003e dares us to rethink the post-WWII consensus on freedom, peace, and prosperity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e We Jung Yi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501778579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501778575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell East Asia Series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"We Jung Yi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45897763324159,"sku":"9781501778575","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cee499bb-a68e-4941-a266-f6e734ec37a6.jpg?v=1721374686","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/worm-time-we-jung-yi-9781501778575","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}