Freedom without Justice - The Prison Memoirs of Chol Soo Lee

Presents the compelling story of one man's wrongful incarceration and the actions he took to survive ten years in prison, while his supporters fought to win retrial and freedom. As a memoir, it is at once a captivating chronicle of his life with a trenchant description of how prisons end up producing the non-normativity they purport to prevent.

About the author

Chol Soo Lee (Author) Chol Soo Lee, born in South Korea, died in San Francisco in December 2014 at the age of sixty-two.Richard S. Kim (Editor) Richard S. Kim is professor of Asian American studies at the University of California, Davis.

Summary

Presents the compelling story of one man's wrongful incarceration and the actions he took to survive ten years in prison, while his supporters fought to win retrial and freedom. As a memoir, it is at once a captivating chronicle of his life with a trenchant description of how prisons end up producing the non-normativity they purport to prevent.

Product details

• Authors: Chol Soo Lee, Chol Soo/ Kim Lee
• Assisted by: Richard S Kim (Editor), Richard S. Kim (Editor), Russell Leong (Editor), David K Yoo (Editor), David K. Yoo (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9780824872885
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-7288-5
• No. of pages: 323
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Intersections: Asian and Pacif; Intersections: Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies; Intersections: Asian and Pacif; Intersections: Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories