Contentious Kwangju: The May 18 Uprising in Korea's Past and PresentGi-Wook Shin, Kyung Moon Hwang 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. |
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1980 Kwangju Uprising absolute community activists American armed Army Arnold Asian authoritarian regime began brutality Chonnam National University Choson Chosun University Chun Doo Hwan Chun regime citizens of Kwangju city of Kwangju Committee context cultural dead democratization movement demonstrations economic election elite fight Han'guk heroic human rights Huntley Hwang injured Ju-na Byun killed Kim Dae Jung Korean Americans Korean history Korean politics Kumnam Avenue Kwangju citizens Kwangju City Kwangju minjung hangjaeng Kwangju uprising Kyongsang Kyongsang provinces leaders legacy legitimacy Mangwol-dong cemetery martial law forces martial law troops massacre memories military minjuhwa undong mobilized narrative opposition owol p'ansori Paekche paratroopers Park Chung Hee percent popular protest Provincial Capitol Provincial Office region reported repression resistance Roh Tae Woo role sahoe Sallie Yea saryo score Seoul society soldiers South Cholla province South Korea streets struggle tion Tonghak unhappiness victims wounded Yun Sang-won Yusin