America`s Heroes: Stories of Courage and Hope from the Frontlines of the Pandemic, Triumph Books

Автор: Erik Mobrand
Название: Justifying Violence on Korea`s Cold War Frontlines: The Life and Representations of Kim Tu-han
ISBN: 1350092592 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350092594
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Цена: 89760.00 T
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Описание: The son of a nationalist martyr, Kim Tu-han (1918-1972) rose to prominence as a mobster in 1930s Seoul. As conditions shifted, he deployed his gang first as a construction corps supporting the Japanese war effort, then as a progressive force, and, most successfully, as an anti-communist vigilante group. After narrowly escaping the death sentence for murder, he won election as a legislator. Mobrand's intimate exposition of Kim Tu-han's unusual and contradictory life – and of his posthumous cultural and ideological representations – illustrates with distinct clarity how he has become lionised as a ‘folk hero’ and nationalist icon in contemporary Korean culture. Alongside this, Mobrand also explores how this key figure's intricate personal history accentuates both the nexus between street violence and the development of modern political systems in East Asia, and broader themes within postwar Korean history, from the layered meanings of ideological struggle, to mobilisation on the emerging Cold War’s frontline, to ethnic nationalism.

Автор: Sylvia Yu Friedman
Название: A Long Road to Justice: Stories from the Frontlines in Asia
ISBN: 9814954349 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789814954341
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Цена: 17130.00 T
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Описание: A constant stream of impoverished women and girls have been, and are being, enslaved and abused in the Asia Pacific region. Slavery is not a historical issue - its happening today. History is repeating itself. Through Sylvia Yu Friedmans work in journalism, counter-trafficking and philanthropy, she has had rare and incredible access to victims of sex trafficking and modern slavery in China, Thailand, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Myanmar and Indonesia. Amid this terrible human suffering, she has seen frontline workers carrying a great light that has overcome the darkness in some of the most frightening places on Earth. This memoir describes her personal journey in the fight against slavery through supporting philanthropic initiatives and raising awareness through writing articles and producing films. She shares her personal setbacks, and how her awakening to the plight of the victims of Imperial Japanese sex slavery during World War II helped her come to terms with her identity issues over her Korean heritage. She writes about the lessons - the good, the bad, and the ugly - and the people and events that have shaped her along the way.