Joo Ok Kim
Biographic Data
| ID | 6212445 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joo Ok Kim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joo Ok |
| FAMILY NAME | Kim |
| SIGNATURE | KIM J O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9945-711X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reanimating Historical Violence in Multi-Ethnic Graphic Narratives
The ongoing damage of hurricanes impacting the Gulf regions of the United States, and beyond, resurrect the legacies of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina exposed the degree to which militarized humanitarianisms linked the “natural” disaster of the hurricane and US military violence in Iraq. In cultural production, scholarship, and social critique, Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq War are historically linked discourses. Understanding both events …
Training Guatemalan Campesinos to Work Like Korean Peasants”
This article examines East Asian and Latin American orbitals of labor management. South Korean labor management methods are refined in Latin America, implementing persistent exploitation of Guatemalan and Mexican workers in South Korean–owned maquiladoras. Embedded in the management strategies are residual elements of Japanese colonialism and affinities between U.S.-backed military dictatorships in South Korea and Guatemala, which facilitated the…
Sleuth Cities
In this article I explore cultural representations of Chicano/as in Korea, specifically focusing on Martin Limón’s numerous portrayals of an impoverished East L.A. as a gritty California counterpart to the desperate, at times overtly racist military district of Itaewon, located in Seoul. I also explore the genre of this mystery series as an aperture into racism, gendered exploitation, militarization, and expansion of U.S. frontiers from Californi…
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Sleuth Cities
In this article I explore cultural representations of Chicano/as in Korea, specifically focusing on Martin Limón’s numerous portrayals of an impoverished East L.A. as a gritty California counterpart to the desperate, at times overtly racist military district of Itaewon, located in Seoul. I also explore the genre of this mystery series as an aperture into racism, gendered exploitation, militarization, and expansion of U.S. frontiers from Californi…
Training Guatemalan Campesinos to Work Like Korean Peasants”
This article examines East Asian and Latin American orbitals of labor management. South Korean labor management methods are refined in Latin America, implementing persistent exploitation of Guatemalan and Mexican workers in South Korean–owned maquiladoras. Embedded in the management strategies are residual elements of Japanese colonialism and affinities between U.S.-backed military dictatorships in South Korea and Guatemala, which facilitated the…
Reanimating Historical Violence in Multi-Ethnic Graphic Narratives
The ongoing damage of hurricanes impacting the Gulf regions of the United States, and beyond, resurrect the legacies of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina exposed the degree to which militarized humanitarianisms linked the “natural” disaster of the hurricane and US military violence in Iraq. In cultural production, scholarship, and social critique, Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq War are historically linked discourses. Understanding both events …
History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Militarization (2 works) · Racism (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)