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Author:

Park, Josephine Nock-Hee, 1971- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007037628

Title:

Cold War friendships : Korea, Vietnam, and Asian American literature / Josphine Nock-Hee Park.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

viii, 310 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Cold War in literature.
Cold War in motion pictures.
Imperialism in literature.
Imperialism in motion pictures.
Korea--In literature.
Korea--In motion pictures.
Vietnam--In literature.
Vietnam--In motion pictures.
United States--Foreign relations--East Asia.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Making Friendlies -- Part I: Securing the Korean War -- 1. Lesser Friends -- 2. Faithless Warrior: Richard E. Kim's The Martyred -- 3. Loving Freedom in Susan Choi's The Foreign Student -- 4. Inhuman Alliances: Chang-rae Lee's The Surrendered -- Part II: Reviving the War in Vietnam -- 5. Losing Friends -- 6. Goddess of Reconciliation: Le Ly Hayslip's Memoirs -- 7. Fabricating Friends in Lan Cao's Monkey Bridge -- 8. Shame and Love: Andrew X. Pham's Catfish and Mandala.

Summary:

"Drawing on epochal films such as The Manchurian Candidate and Samuel Fuller's Steel Helmet, in addition to landmark literature by the likes of Richard Kim, Chang-rae Lee, Susan Choi, Le Ly Hayslip, and Maxine Hong Kingston, Cold War Friendships explores the plight of the Asian ally of the American wars in Korea and Vietnam"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0190257679
9780190257675
0190257660
9780190257668

OCLC:

(OCoLC)935989171

LCCN:

2016001433

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)