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Contentious Kwangju - The May 18th Uprising in Korea's Past and Present (Paperback) Loot Price: R831
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Contentious Kwangju - The May 18th Uprising in Korea's Past and Present (Paperback): Gi-Wook Shin, Kyung Moon Hwang

Contentious Kwangju - The May 18th Uprising in Korea's Past and Present (Paperback)

Gi-Wook Shin, Kyung Moon Hwang; Contributions by Jong-Chul Ahn, Don Baker, Juna Byun, Jung-Kwan Cho, Jung-Woon Choi, Kyung Moon Hwang, Keun-Sik Jung, Linda S. Lewis

Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives

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One of the largest political protests in contemporary Korean history, the May 1980 Kwangju Uprising still exerts a profound, often contested, influence in Korean society. Through a deft combination of personal reflections and academic analysis, Contentious Kwangju offers a comprehensive examination of the multiple, shifting meanings of this seminal event and explains how the memory of Kwangju has affected Korean life from politics to culture. The first half of the book offers highly personal perspectives on the details of the uprising itself, including the Citizens' Army, the fleeting days of Kwangju citizen autonomy, the activities of American missionaries, and the aftermath following the uprising's suppression by government forces. The second half provides a wide-ranging scholarly assessment of the impact of Kwangju in South Korea, from democratization and the fate of survivors to regional identity and popular culture, concluding with an examination of Kwangju's significance in the larger flow of modern Korean history. In keeping with the book's title, the essays offer competing interpretations of the Kwangju Uprising, yet together provide the most thorough English-language treatment to date of the multifaceted, sweeping significance of this pivotal event.

General

Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin: United States
Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
Release date: June 2003
First published: June 2003
Editors: Gi-Wook Shin • Kyung Moon Hwang
Contributors: Jong-Chul Ahn • Don Baker • Juna Byun • Jung-Kwan Cho • Jung-Woon Choi • Kyung Moon Hwang • Keun-Sik Jung • Linda S. Lewis
Dimensions: 229 x 147 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-1962-6
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN: 0-7425-1962-7
Barcode: 9780742519626

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