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

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.

About the author

Gi-Wook Shin is associate professor of sociology and senior fellow at the Institute for International Studies, Stanford University. Kyung Moon Hwang is assistant professor of history, University of Southern California.

Summary

The May 1980 Kwangju Uprising still exerts a profound influence in Korean society. Combining personal reflections and academic analysis, this text offers an examination of the multiple meanings of this event, explaining how the memory of Kwangju has affected Korean life from politics to culture.

Product details

• Authors: Kyung Moon Hwang, Gi-Wook Shin
• Assisted by: Kyung Moon Hwang (Editor), Hwang Kyung Moon (Editor), Gi-Wook Shin (Editor), Shin Gi-Wook (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.06.2003
• EAN: 9780742519619
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1961-9
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 237 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 381 g
• Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives; Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Korea, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Korea, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Regional Studies, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Revolutionary groups & movements, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions, Asian studies;Korea studies