Contentious Kwangju The May 18th Uprising in Korea's Past and Present |
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| Editor:
| Shin, Gi-Wook
Hwang, Kyung Moon |
| Contribution by:
| Ahn, Jong-Chul
Baker, Don
Byun, Juna
Cho, Jung-Kwan
Choi, Jung-Woon
Hwang, Kyung Moon
Jung, Keun-Sik
Lewis, Linda S.
Underwood, Jean W.
Yea, Sallie |
| Series title: | Asia/Pacific/Perspectives Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7425-1962-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2003 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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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. In keeping with the book's title, the...
More DescriptionOne 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. 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 seminal event.