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‘DMZ Colony’ Challenges the Boundaries of Public and Private Mourning

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Article
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/12/29/dmz-colony-review/
Journal
The Harvard Crimson
Issued Date
December 29, 2020
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Language
English(English)
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Book
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Writer
Don Mee Choi

About the Author

  • Don Mee Choi
  • Birth : 1962 ~ -
  • Occupation : Translator, Poet
  • First Name : -
  • Family Name : -
  • Korean Name : Don Mee Choi
  • ISNI : -
  • Works : 0
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  • English(English)

In any historical retelling, the use of individual memory can be tricky. On one hand, uncovering personal experiences can be deeply valuable, adding a human quality to generalized historical records of the past. On the other hand, using memory to craft narratives presents particular challenges when those stories pertain to war and national violence — which stories are amplified, and which are suppressed? How does one account for the voices that are inevitably left behind?

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