{"product_id":"worm-time-memories-of-division-in-south-korean-aesthetics-hardback-9781501778575","title":"Worm-Time; Memories of Division in South Korean Aesthetics (Hardback) 9781501778575","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWorm-Time\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMemories of Division in South Korean Aesthetics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWe Jung Yi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501778575\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 December 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e268 pages, 21 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 21 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorm-Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e challenges conventional narratives of the Cold War and its end, presenting an alternative cultural history based on evolving South Korean aesthetics about enduring national division.\u003c\/b\u003e From novels of dissent during the authoritarian era to films and webtoons in the new millennium, We Jung Yi's transmedia analyses unearth people's experiences of \"wormification\"—traumatic survival, deferred justice, and warped capitalist growth in the wake of the Korean War. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether embodied as refugees, leftists, or broken families, Yi's wormified protagonists transcend their positions as displaced victims of polarized politics and unequal development. Through metamorphoses into border riders who fly over or crawl through the world's dividing lines, they reclaim postcolonial memories buried in the pursuit of modernization under US hegemony and cultivate a desire for social transformation. Connecting colonial legacies, Cold War ideologies, and neoliberal economics, \u003ci\u003eWorm-Time\u003c\/i\u003e dares us to rethink the post-WWII consensus on freedom, peace, and prosperity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eLayered Time in Divided Korea\u003cbr\u003e 1. Worlding through Transcendence\u003cbr\u003e 2. Crawling through Worm-Time\u003cbr\u003e 3. From Repressed to Revolutionary\u003cbr\u003e 4. Spectacle for Intimacy\u003cbr\u003e 5. Surplus against Growth\u003cbr\u003e 6. Witnessing in Montage\u003cbr\u003e Para-sites for Border Riding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell East Asia Series","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702305550616,"sku":"9781501778575","price":40.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/worm-time-memories-of-division-in-south-korean-aesthetics-hardback-9781501778575","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}