{"product_id":"warring-genealogies","title":"Warring Genealogies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarring Genealogies\u003c\/i\u003e examines the elaboration of kinships between Chicano\/a and Asian American cultural production, such as the 1954 proxy adoption of a Korean boy by Leavenworth prisoners. Joo Ok Kim considers white supremacist expressions of kinship—in prison magazines, memorials, U.S. military songbooks—as well as critiques of such expressions in Chicana\/o and Korean diasporic works to conceptualize racialized formations of kinship emerging from the Korean War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarring Genealogies\u003c\/i\u003e unpacks writings by Rolando Hinojosa \u003ci\u003e(Korean Love Songs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Useless Servants) \u003c\/i\u003eand Luis Valdez \u003ci\u003e(I Don’t Have to Show You No Stinking Badges\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZoot Suit)\u003c\/i\u003e to show the counter-representations of the Korean War and the problematic depiction of the United States as a benevolent savior. Kim also analyzes Susan Choi’s \u003ci\u003eThe Foreign Student\u003c\/i\u003e as a novel that proposes alternative temporalities to dominant Korean War narratives. In addition, she examines Chicano military police procedurals, white supremacist women’s organizations, and the politics of funding Korean War archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim’s comparative study Asian American and Latinx Studies makes insightful connections about race, politics, and citizenship to critique the Cold War conception of the “national family.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joo Ok Kim","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573384478902,"sku":"9781439920572","price":86.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781439920572_52563266-7668-4e15-921e-d4c9f02fd6c0.jpg?v=1727784085","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/warring-genealogies","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}