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Title Beyond death : the politics of suicide and martyrdom in Korea / edited by Charles R. Kim, Jungwon Kim, Hwasook Nam, and Serk-Bae Suh
Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (380 pages)
Series Center for Korea studies publications
Contents 5. A False Martyr's Wager: Yi Kwangsu and Colonial Collaboration6. The Political Dynamics of Sacrifice and the Sacrificial Narrative in Modern Korea: The State and the Historical Ontology of Student Soldiers; Part III: Democracy and Labor Activism in South Korea; 7. Reading Chun Tae-il: Making Sense of a Worker Self- Immolation in 1970s South Korea; 8. The Construction of Martyrdom and Self-Immolation in South Korea; 9. Untimely Death and Martyrdom after May 1980: Suicide in the South Korean Democracy Movement Seen through the Case of Pak Sŭnghŭi
10. The Birth of an Ethical Subject: The 1980s and South Korean Literature11. From Martyrdom to Apostasy: Kim Chiha and the Politics of Death in South Korean Democratizations; Bibliography; Contributors; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Suicide -- Korea -- History
Death -- Korea -- History
Martyrdom.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY -- Asia -- Korea.
Civilization
Death
Martyrdom
Politics and government
Suicide
SUBJECT Korea -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073011
Korea -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073046
Subject Korea
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Kim, Charles R., 1974- editor.
LC no. 2021692782
ISBN 9780295746333
0295746335