Contentious Kwangju : the May 18 uprising in Korea's past and present / edited by Gi-Wook Shin and Kyung Moon Hwang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shin, Gi-Wook, editor.

Hwang, Kyung Moon, editor.

Series:

Asia/Pacific/Perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kwangju Uprising, Kwangju-si, Korea, 1980.

Kwangju-si (Korea)--History.

Kwangju-si (Korea).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 essays offer competing interpretations of the Kw

Contents:

Introduction

Gi-wook Shin

Part I : Origins and development

1. The formation of an "absolute community" / Jung-woon Choi

2. Simin'gun: the citizens army during the Kwangju uprising / Jong-chul Ahn

3. An American missionary's view / Jean W. Underwood

4. Has Kwangju been realized? / Keun-sik Jung

Part II : Legacy and representation

5. From heroic victims to disabled survivors: The 5-18 injured after twenty years / Linda S. Lewis and Ju-na Byun

6. The Kwangju uprising as a vehicle of democratization : a comparative perspective / Jung-kwan Cho

7. Victims and heroes : competing visions of May 18 / Don Baker

8. Reinventing the region: the cultural politics of place in Kwangju city and South Cholla province / Sallie Yea

Afterword: Kwangju: the historical watershed / Kyung Moon Hwang.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-23649-8

1-4422-1037-0

1-283-61688-2

9786613929334

0-585-46670-X

OCLC:

855502423