[KS] South Korean Generations

[Steven Denney]

Su-kyong,

Many thanks for the recommendations.

Steven
On 2015년 6월 9일 (화) at 오전 7:02 S Hwang <skhwang3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Steven,
>
> If you go to Kyobobook store webpage and enter these words individually,
> you will find a few books for each: 1) 4.19 세대, 2) 386세대, 3) 88만원 세대 (by
> 우석훈). I think there are differences, especially with the third one.
>
> Regards,
> Su-kyoung
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Steven Denney <stevencdenney at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Friends and Colleagues,
>>
>> Is anyone aware of existing literature on generational politics in South
>> Korea? I'm fairly certain nothing substantial exists in English. But in
>> Korean? South Korean society is often segmented (uncritically) into three
>> generations. While this may be defensible, it usually isn't defended.
>>
>> There is, for instance, a fairly well developed literature in Taiwan (in
>> Chinese) on what historical events have "made" Taiwanese generations. It is
>> very nicely reviewed by Shelley Rigger in this 2006 East-West Center *Policy
>> Studies* monograph
>> <http://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/taiwans-rising-rationalism-generations-politics-and-taiwanese-nationalism>.
>> I would be very interested in reading anything that South Korean scholars
>> have generated.
>>
>> Many thanks in advance.
>>
>> - Steven
>> --
>> Steven Denney
>> Department of Political Science
>> University of Toronto
>>
>
>
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