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9780742519626

Contentious Kwangju The May 18th Uprising in Korea's Past and Present

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  • ISBN13:

    9780742519626

  • ISBN10:

    0742519627

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-06-11
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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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 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.

Table of Contents

List of Tablesp. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. xi
Origins and Development
The Formation of an "Absolute Community"p. 3
Simin'gun: The Citizens' Army during the Kwangju Uprisingp. 11
An American Missionary's Viewp. 23
Has Kwangju Been Realized?p. 43
Legacy and Representation
From Heroic Victims to Disabled Survivors: The 5-18 Injured after Twenty Yearsp. 53
The Kwangju Uprising as a Vehicle of Democratization: A Comparative Perspectivep. 67
Victims and Heroes: Competing Visions of May 18p. 87
Reinventing the Region: The Cultural Politics of Place in Kwangju City and South Cholla Provincep. 109
Afterword: Kwangju: The Historical Watershedp. 133
Appendixp. 143
Indexp. 149
About the Contributorsp. 157
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