ChoYoung-Rae. A Single Spark: A Biography of Chun Tae-il (Han Chul-hee, 2003). A fascinating biography of the trade unionist whose self-immolation in 1970 left an enduring legacy in South Korea.
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GambettaDiegoMaking Sense of Suicide Missions (Oxford University Press, 2005). A comprehensive volume focusing on suicide attacks, including a chapter on protest by self-immolation by the author.
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KimHyojoung. “Shame, Anger, and Love in Collective Action: Emotional Consequences of Suicide Protest in South Korea, 1991,”Mobilization7 (2002):159–76. An analysis of testimonials left by visitors to the memorial of a student who committed self-immolation.
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Ben ParkB. C.. “Sociopolitical Contexts of Self-Immolations in Vietnam and South Korea,”Archives of Suicide Research8 (2004):81–97. Examines self-immolation from the perspective of theories of suicide.
