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<div><font size="+1" color="#000000">Dear colleagues,<br>
<br>
We have now added four more reviews to the Korean Studies Review
archives from our backlog with our print partner, Acta Koreana. They
are (with quick links):<br>
<br>
Hesselink, Nathan (ed.), _Contemporary Directions: Korean Folk Music
Engaging the Twentieth Century and Beyond_, (2001) reviewed by Roald
H. Maliangkay<br>
http://koreaweb.ws/ks/ksr/ksr06-06.htm<br>
<br>
James, David E. and Kyung Hyun Kim (eds.), _Im Kwon-Taek: The Making
of a Korean National Cinema_, (2002) reviewed by Roald H.
Maliangkay<br>
http://koreaweb.ws/ks/ksr/ksr06-07.htm<br>
<br>
Seth, Michael J., _Education Fever: Society, Politics, and the Pursuit
of Schooling in South Korea_, (2002) reviewed by Ookwhan Oh<br>
http://koreaweb.ws/ks/ksr/ksr06-08.htm<br>
<br>
Lee, Hyangjin, _Contemporary Korean Cinema: Identity, Culture and
Politics_, (2001) reviewed by Isolde Standish</font></div>
<div><font size="+1"
color="#000000">http://koreaweb.ws/ks/ksr/ksr06-09.htm<br>
<br>
Below is also an update of books currently available. Several have
been taken since my last announcement, but a few more have been added
to the list. Those who are interested in a book should write me
directly at <stephen.epstein@vuw.ac.nz>. For more information
about KSR and to access past reviews, see
http://koreaweb.ws/ks/ksr/.</font><br>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#000000">Best, Stephen<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Louis Baldovi, ed., _A Foxhole View: Personal Accounts of Hawaii's
Korean War<br>
Veterans_ (Hawaii)<br>
<br>
Robert E. Buswell, Jr., ed., _Currents and Countercurrents: Korean
Influences on the East Asian Buddhist Traditions_ (Hawaii)<br>
<br>
Young-Iop Chung, _Korea Under Siege, 1876-1945: Capital Formation and
Economic Transformation_ (Oxford)<br>
<br>
Marion Eggert and Soon Mi Hong-Schunka, tr., _Die Geschichte von Hong
Kiltong: Ein<x-tab>
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</x-tab>Raueberroman aus dem alten Korea_ (Iudicium Verlag)<br>
<br>
John Feffer, ed., _The Future of US-Korean Relations: The Imbalance of
Power_ (Routledge)<br>
<br>
John Feffer, _North Korea/South Korea: U.S. Policy in a Time of
Crisis_ (SevenStories)<br>
<br>
Valérie Gélézeau, ed., _La Corée en miettes: Régions et
territories_ (L'Harmattan)<br>
<br>
Hahn Moo-sook, tr. Young-Key Kim-Renaud, _And So Flows History_
(Hawaii)<br>
<br>
J. E. Hoare and Susan Pares, _North Korea in the 21st Century: An
Interpretative Guide_ (Global Oriental)<br>
<br>
Keith Howard (ed.), _Korean Pop Music: Riding the Wave_ (Global
Oriental)<br>
<br>
Kyung Moon Hwang, _Beyond Birth: Social Status in the Emergence of
Modern Korea_ (Harvard)<br>
<br>
Ian Jeffries, _North Korea: A Guide to Economic and Political
Developments_ (Routledge)<br>
<br>
Young Whan Kihl, _Transforming Korean Politics: Democracy, Reform and
Culture_ (M. E. Sharpe)<br>
<br>
Ilpyong J. Kim, _Historical Dictionary of North Korea_ (Scarecrow)<br>
<br>
Jackie Kim, _Hidden Treasures: Lives of First Generation Korean Women
in Japan_ (Rowman & Littlefield)<br>
<br>
Joong-Seop Kim, _The Korean Paekjong Under Japanese Rule: The
Quest for Equality and Human Rights_ (Routledge)<br>
<br>
Kim Young-moo, tr. Brother Anthony and Jongsook Lee, _Virtual Reality_
(DapGae)<br>
<br>
Kim Kwang-kyu, tr. Brother Anthony and Kim Young-moo, _The
Depths of A Clam_ (White Pine Press)<br>
<br>
Young-Key Kim-Renaud, _Creative Women of Korea: The Fifteenth Through
the Twentieth Centuries_ (M.E. Sharpe)</font><br>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#000000">Ko Un, tr. Brother Anthony and
Kim Young-moo, _Little Pilgrim_ (Parallax Press)</font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#000000">Ko Un, tr. Brother Anthony, Kim
Young-moo and Gary G. Gach, _Ten Thousand Lives_ (Green Integer)<br>
<br>
Ku Sang, tr. Brother Anthony, _Even the Knots on Quince Trees Tell
Tales_ (DapGae)<br>
<br>
Ku Sang, tr. Brother Anthony, _Eternity Today_ (Seoul Selection)<br>
<br>
Andrei Lankov, _Crisis in North Korea: The Failure of De-Stalinization
1956_ (Hawaii)<br>
<br>
Ann Sung-Hi Lee, _Yi Kwang-Su and Modern Korean Literature: Mujông_
(Cornell East Asia Series)</font><br>
</div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#000000">Lee Ho-Chol, tr. Andrew Killick
and Sukyeon Cho, _Southerners, Northerners_ (EastBridge)</font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#000000">Lee Ho-Chol, tr. Theodore Hughes,
_Panmunjom and Other Stories_ (EastBridge)</font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#000000"><br>
David Prendergast, _From Elder to Ancestor: Old Age, Death and
Inheritance in Modern Korea_ (Global Oriental)</font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#000000"><br>
Sonia Ryang, ed., _Koreans in Japan: Critical Voices from the Margin_
(Routledge)</font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#000000"><br>
Gi-Wook Shin, _Ethnic Nationalism in Korea: Genealogy, Politics, and
Legacy_ (Stanford)</font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#000000"><br>
Ho-min Sohn, ed., _Korean Language in Culture and Society_
(Hawaii)<br>
<br>
David I. Steinberg, ed., _Korean Attitudes toward the United States:
Changing Dynamics_ (M. E. Sharpe)<br>
<br>
Balazs Szalontai, _Kim Il Sung in the Khruschev Era_ (Stanford)<br>
<br>
Yang Gui-ja, _Contradictions_, tr. Stephen Epstein and Kim Mi-Young
(Cornell East Asia Series)<br>
<br>
Yi Nam-ho, U Ch'angje, Yi Kwangho, and Kim Mi Hyun, tr. Ryu
Youngju, _Twentieth-Century Korean Literature_ (EastBridge)<br>
<br>
Judith Van Zile, _Perspectives on Korean Dance_ (Wesleyan)<br>
<br>
--<br>
<br>
Dr Stephen J Epstein<br>
Director<br>
Asian Studies Institute<br>
Victoria University of Wellington<br>
PO Box 600<br>
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND<br>
Ph. +64 4 463 5703<br>
Fax +64 4 463 5388<br>
Stephen.Epstein@vuw.ac.nz<br>
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/saelc/staff/stephen-epstein.aspx</font></div>
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