Embattled Memories : Contested Meanings in Korean War Memorials /

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"The Korean War has been called the "forgotten war," not as studied as World War II or Vietnam. Choi examines the collective memory of the Korean War through five discrete memory sites in the United States and South Korea, including the PBS documentary Battle for Korea, the Korean War...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Choi, Suhi, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Reno : University of Nevada Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Monuments.
Collective memory.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
HISTORY > Military > Korean War.
Commemorations > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Commemorations > Aspect social > Coree du Sud.
Memoire collective > États-Unis.
Memoire collective > Coree du Sud.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Monuments > United States.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Monuments > Korea (South)
Memorialization > Social aspects > United States.
Memorialization > Social aspects > Korea (South)
Collective memory > United States.
Collective memory > Korea (South)
United States.
Korea (South)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Korean War memories in its 50th anniversary
  • "Silencing" memories : why are we again forgetting the No Gun Ri story?
  • "Scripting" memories : female survivors' witnessing the No Gun Ri killings
  • "Sanitizing" menories : archival images in the PBS documentary "Battle for Korea"
  • "Mythologizing" memories : a critique of the Utah Korean War Memorial
  • "Shattering" memories : the statue of MacArthur in South Korea
  • Epilogue.

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