“Consolation or Control? The Politics of State Consolation and the Disciplinary State”

• In Event: Memory Politics, Human Rights, and Moral Legitimacy in East Asia

Brief Overview

This paper explores the state provision of consolation that occurs within the spatiality of the South Korean military—such as military performances and letter-writing to soldiers—to reveal a phenomenon of a disciplinary state at work.

Author

• Jiun Bang, Colorado College