100 DegreesC - South Korea's 1987 Democracy Movement (Paperback)

What does it take for ordinary citizens to risk everything to protest living under a repressive government? What takes them beyond the brink, to the "boiling point"? In his graphic novel 100 DegreesC, celebrated webtoon and comics artist Choi Kyu-sok sheds a light on these questions by examining the lives of one family caught up in the great social unrest that developed under Chun Doo-hwan's regime and culminated in the June 1987 Uprising. Crucial to understanding the events of the summer of 1987 is the recognition of both the political context and the dynamics of the nationwide effort that included students, office workers, and religious and labor groups-all of whom came together to demand a new constitution and free elections. Choi's is a measured yet powerful representation of a pivotal moment in Korean history, when individuals questioned the status quo, when parents joined their children to express their grievances and agitate for democratic reforms, when an entire nation chose to move in a new direction.

General

Imprint:	University of Hawaii Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Hawai'i Studies on Korea
Release date:	December 2022
Authors:	Choi Kyu-sok
Translators:	Theodore Jun Yoo • Madeline D. Collins
Authors:	Gia Kim • Nguyen Thi Huong Ly • Jusun Park • Brooke Shelton • Anna Toombs • Cheehyung Harrison Kim
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	277
ISBN-13:	978-0-8248-9395-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Special features > Graphic novels Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-8248-9395-6
Barcode:	9780824893958

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