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Mar
2
2016

“Rescuing” North Korea: Asian American Literature and the Limits of Empathy

When: Wednesday, March 2, 2016
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM CT

Where: 1819 Hinman Avenue, Third Floor Conference Room, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Graduate Students

Cost: free

Contact: Cheryl Jue   (847) 467-7114

Group: Asian American Studies Program

Category: Academic

Description:

Asian American Studies Talk Series: FEATURING NA-RAE KIM

Na-Rae Kim is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Minnesota English department. Her dissertation “Of Bodies and Things: The Korean as Commodity Fetish” analyzes Korean and Korean American literature to illustrate the intertwined construction of national subjects in both South Korea and the United States during the Cold War period. Her research interests include Asian American literature, Korean literature and culture, postcolonial literary theory, 20th and 21st Century American fiction, and the history and theory of the novel.

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