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