Making Peace with Nature
Ecological Encounters along the Korean DMZ
1st Edition
Published on 18. July 2022
224 pages
978-1-4780-2296-1 (ISBN)
Description
Eleana J. Kim shows how a closer examination of the Demilitarized Zone area in South Korea reveals that the area's biodiversity is inseparable from scientific practices and geopolitical, capitalist, and ecological dynamics.
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Eleana J. Kim is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, and author of Adopted Territory: Transnational Korean Adoptees and the Politics of Belonging, also published by Duke University Press.
Content
List of Abbreviations ix
The South Korean DMZ Region xi
A Note about Romanization and Translation xii
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
1. In the Meantime of Division 30
2. Ponds 62
3. Birds 87
4. Landmines 119
Epilogue. De/militarized Ecologies 152
Notes 159
Works Cited 177
Index 191
The South Korean DMZ Region xi
A Note about Romanization and Translation xii
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
1. In the Meantime of Division 30
2. Ponds 62
3. Birds 87
4. Landmines 119
Epilogue. De/militarized Ecologies 152
Notes 159
Works Cited 177
Index 191
