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DESCRIPTION:The Haunting of the Yanggongju: Guilt\, Shame\, and Retribution
  of SouthKorea’s State-Sanctioned Military Sex Workers\n\nWhitney Yi Kna
 pp (Sias Graduate Fellow\, English)\n\nTUE SEP 22\, 12:00 - 1:30 PM\n\nHal
 l Center Conference Hall\n\n \n\nKorean American literature often explores
  the subjugation of comfort women under Japanese occupation from 1910 to 1
 945\, but rarely acknowledges South Korea’s own state-sanctioned militar
 y sex industry\, developed to appease U.S. military officers stationed in 
 the country after World War II.\n\n \n\nWhitney Yi Knapp’s project\, an 
 80\,000-word novel titled To Understand Everything\, confronts this indust
 ry\, which subjected over one million women to sex work over several decad
 es. This talk examines how America’s imperial practices forced a despera
 te nation to compromise the safety of its people\, with lasting effects on
  Korean culture. Knapp juxtaposes this history with South Korea’s rapid 
 emergence as a global economic and cultural power\, evidenced by the inter
 national success of Korean films like Parasite\, and K-pop groups such as 
 BTS.\n\n \n\nA buffet lunch will be available for the first 45 guests.
GEO:38.95561;-95.245769
LOCATION:Hall Center for the Humanities\, Conference Hall
SUMMARY:Whitney Yi Knapp: The Haunting of the Yanggongju
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ku.edu/event/whitney-yi-knapp-the-haunting-o
 f-the-yanggongju
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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