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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 des matières
Introduction
Gi-Wook Shin
Part I: Origins and Development
Chapter 1: The Formation of an "Absolute Community"
Jung-woon Choi
Chapter 2: Simin'gun: The Citizens' Army during the Kwangju Uprising
Jong-chul Ahn
Chapter 3: An American Missionary's View
Jean W. Underwood
Chapter 4: Has Kwangju Been Realized?
Keun-sik Jung
Part II: Legacy and Representation
Chapter 5: From Heroic Victims to Disabled Survivors: The 5-18 Injured after Twenty Years
Linda S. Lewis and Ju-na Byun
Chapter 6: The Kwangju Uprising as a Vehicle of Democratization: A Comparative Perspective
Jung-kwan Cho
Chapter 7: Victims and Heroes: Competing Visions of May 18
Don Baker
Chapter 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
A propos de l'auteur
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.
