LAPC Sociology Lasting Effects of The Korean War Discussion

I’m working on a sociology multi-part question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Reflect upon the assigned readings. Rather than a summary briefing of each reading, please work towards a write-up that demonstrates that you have thought about the context(s) from which the author(s) is/are writing, as well as the validity of their claims. What is a question/idea you found particularly interesting in the reading Hint: it would be great for you to think about 1) why the author is writing the piece you are reading/what is at stake?, and 2) if the evidence/rationale presented by the author(s) is/are persuasively presented and or explained. 

How can we read kwon’s chapter on “guilt by association” as an instance of ethnography?

Reading:

– Kwon, Heonik. 2020. After the Korean War: An Intimate History. Cambridge University Press (pp. 1-42)

– Hwang, Sun-W?n. “Cranes,” translated by Peter H. Lee. Manoa 20, no. 1 (2008[1953]): 166–69.