| Remembering the "Forgotten War": The Korean War Through Literature and Art Contributor(s): West, Philip (Author), Ji-Moon, Suh (Author), Gregg, Donald (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765606976 ISBN-13: 9780765606976 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $65.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: In contrast to the many military, diplomatic, and historical works on the Korean War, this book takes a cultural approach that emphasizes the human dimension of the war and especially features Korean voices. It includes chapters on Korean art on the war, translations into English of poetry by Korean soldiers, and American soldier poetry on the war. There is a photographic essay by combat journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Max Desfor. Other chapters analyze songs on the Korean War -- Korean, American, and Chinese; Korean films on the war; and Korean War POWs and their contested memories. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Korean War - Art | Asian - General - Literary Collections | Asian - General |
| Dewey: 895.709 |
| LCCN: 00047003 |
| Series: Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center Books (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.04" W x 9.02" (0.85 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - East Asian - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In contrast to the many books that use military, diplomatic, and historic language in analyzing the Korean War, this book takes a cultural approach that emphasizes the human dimension of the war, an approach that especially features Korean voices. There are chapters on Korean art on the war, translations into English of Korean poetry by Korean soldiers, and American soldier poetry on the war. There is a photographic essay on the war by combat journalist and Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Max Desfor. Another chapter includes and analyzes songs on the Korean War - Korean, American, and Chinese - that illuminate the many complex memories of the war. There is a discussion of Korean films on the war and a chapter on Korean War POWs and their contested memories. More than any other nonfiction book on the war, this one shows us the human face of tragedy for Americans, Chinese, and most especially Koreans. June 2000 was the fiftieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War; this moving volume is intended as a commemoration of it. |