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Theodore Jun Yoo, The Koreas: The Birth of Two Nations Divided

Theodore Jun Yoo, The Koreas: The Birth of Two Nations Divided Today, one can find books on almost anything Korea related. From North Korean children’s literature and the minutiae of missile technology in P’yŏngyang to the gender-bending of modern South Korean K-pop stars amid its continued democratization and rise of individualism. Few books, however, deal with both Koreas simultaneously in a meaningful way and take them as part of a single story. Dan Oberdorfer’s The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History and Bruce Cumings’ Korea’s Place in the Sun: A Modern History are perhaps the high-water marks of such an approach. But with first release of both in 1997, the field has been patiently waiting new additions. Hyun Gu Lynn’s 2007 Bipolar Orders: The Two Koreas Since 1989 was a book with many merits. Theodore Jun Yoo’s The Koreas: The Birth of Two Nations Divided now joins the conversation.There is an autobiographical aspect to this book. In the opening pages, Yoo describes his family as “wolnammin (those who crossed to the South during the Korean War)” (p. 3). This conscious approach to identity reflects the modern approach the work takes. Yet one should not expect an indecipherable mess of postmodernism. What follows instead is an immensely readable and accessible text, free http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of American-East Asian Relations Brill

Theodore Jun Yoo, The Koreas: The Birth of Two Nations Divided

Tizzard, David A.
Journal of American-East Asian Relations , Volume 30 (1): 3 – Mar 29, 2023
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Today, one can find books on almost anything Korea related. From North Korean children’s literature and the minutiae of missile technology in P’yŏngyang to the gender-bending of modern South Korean K-pop stars amid its continued democratization and rise of individualism. Few books, however, deal with both Koreas simultaneously in a meaningful way and take them as part of a single story. Dan Oberdorfer’s The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History and Bruce Cumings’ Korea’s Place in the Sun: A Modern History are perhaps the high-water marks of such an approach. But with first release of both in 1997, the field has been patiently waiting new additions. Hyun Gu Lynn’s 2007 Bipolar Orders: The Two Koreas Since 1989 was a book with many merits. Theodore Jun Yoo’s The Koreas: The Birth of Two Nations Divided now joins the conversation.There is an autobiographical aspect to this book. In the opening pages, Yoo describes his family as “wolnammin (those who crossed to the South during the Korean War)” (p. 3). This conscious approach to identity reflects the modern approach the work takes. Yet one should not expect an indecipherable mess of postmodernism. What follows instead is an immensely readable and accessible text, free

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Published: Mar 29, 2023

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