Drawing on reinterpretations of melancholia and collective remembrance; Memory; Reconciliation; and Reunions in South Korea: Crossing the Divide explores the multi-layered implications of divided Korea's liminality; or its perceived "in-betweenness" in space and time. Offering a timely reconsideration of the pivotal period following the inter-Korean Summit of June 2000; this book focuses on a series of emotionally charged meetings among family members who had lost all contact for over fifty years on opposite sides of the Korean divide. With the scope of its analysis ranging from regional geopolitics and watershed political rituals to everyday social dynamics and intimate family narratives; this study provides a lens for approaching the cultural process of moving from a disposition of enmity to one of recognition and engagement amid the complex legacies of civil war and the global Cold War on the Korean Peninsula.
#5561792 in BooksColor: White Xlibris Corp 2005-07-08Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 5.50 x 1.00l; 1.15 #File Name: 0738853186256 pages
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A dramatic real-life storyBy A CustomerDr. Hoogstraten's account of going into hiding as a young medical student in Nazi-occupied Holland is gripping. A firmer editorial hand might have focused the tale; which occasionally strays into a few too many family reminiscences that; although adding color; do not advance the story. The tale itself needs no such embellishment. However; having said that; those interested in daily life in occupied Holland and in life after liberation will find much here that is not normally recounted in texts on the subject. A thoughtful book from a erudite author.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Riveting!By A CustomerA fast paced; true to life thriller. A brilliant look at war through the "Eyes" of those who experienced it first hand. Hoogstraten tells a wonderful story; that is truely his to tell!
