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Title Contentious Kwangju : the May 18 uprising in Korea's past and present / edited by Gi-Wook Shin and Kyung Moon Hwang
Published Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 159 pages) : maps
Series Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
Asia/Pacific/perspectives.
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 Chŏlla province / Sallie Yea -- Afterword : Kwangju : the historical watershed / Kyung Moon Hwang
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
Analysis Kongress
Kwangju / Aufstand <1980> ; SWD-ID: 45861511
Südkorea ; SWD-ID: 40780296
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Kwangju Uprising, Kwangju-si, Korea, 1980.
HISTORY.
Opstanden.
Kwangju Uprising, Kwangju-si, Korea, 1980
SUBJECT Kwangju-si (Korea) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073545
Subject Korea (South) -- Kwangju-si (Chŏlla-namdo)
Kwangju-si (Chŏlla-namdo, Korea) -- History
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Shin, Gi-Wook
Hwang, Kyung Moon
ISBN 058546670X
9780585466705
9781442210370
1442210370
1283616882
9781283616881
9786613929334
6613929336