TY  - BOOK
AU  - Choi,Chungmoo
TI  - Healing historical trauma in South Korean film and literature
T2  - Routledge advances in Korean studies
SN  - 9780429017346
AV  - PN1995.9.P7828 C46 2021
U1  - 791.43095195 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Psychic trauma in motion pictures
KW  - Psychic trauma in literature
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Korea (South)
KW  - History
KW  - Korean literature
KW  - 20th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Reconciliation
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies
N2  - Through South Korean filmic and literary texts, this book explores affect and ethics in the healing of historical trauma, as alternatives to the measures of transitional justice in want of national unity. Historians and legal practitioners who deal with transitional justice agree that the relationship between historiography and justice seeking is contested: this book reckons with this question of how much truth-telling from a violent past will lead to healing, forgiving, forgetting and finally overcoming resentment. Nuanced interpretations of South Korean filmic and literary texts are featured, including Park Chan-wook's Oldboy, Bong Joon-ho's Mother and literary texts of Han Kang and Ch'oe Yun, whilst also engaging the ethical and political philosophy of Levinas, Hannah Arendt, and others. Also offered is new and extensive research into the hitherto hidden history of thousands of North Korean war orphans who were sent to Eastern European countries for care. Grappling with the evils of history, the films and novels examined herein find their ultimate themes in compassion, hospitality, humility and solidarity of the wounded. Healing Historical Trauma in South Korean Film and Literature will appeal to students and scholars of film, comparative literature, cultural studies and Korean studies more broadly
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429507441
UR  - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
ER  -