Contentious Kwangju
The May 18th Uprising in Korea's Past and Present
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19948559 |
|---|---|
| Editors | Gi-Wook Shin (0009-0007-4436-6185), Kyung Moon Hwang |
| Year | 2003 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Contentious Kwangju (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5771/9780585466705 |
| OpenAlex | W4392123841 |
| Open Library | OL22539460M |
| ISBN | 9780585466705 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
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. The first half of the book offers highly personal perspectives on the details of the uprising itself, including the Citizens' Army, the fleeting days of Kwangju citizen autonomy, the activities of American missionaries, and the aftermath following the uprising's suppression by government forces. The second half provides a wide-ranging scholarly assessment of the impact of Kwangju in South Korea, from democratization and the fate of survivors to regional identity and popular culture, concluding with an examination of Kwangju's significance in the larger flow of modern Korean history. 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 pivotal event. Contributions by: Jong-chul Ahn, Don Baker, Ju-na Byun, Jung-kwan Cho, Jung-woon Choi, Kyung Moon Hwang, Keun-sik Jung, Linda S. Lewis, Gi-Wook Shin, Jean W. Underwood, and Sallie Yea
Political science · Politics · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · History · Japanese History and Culture · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law · asia · Korea
Introduction
When photographs refuse to speak
South Korea’s collective memory of past human rights abuses
Cinematic Representations of the Gwangju Uprising
Jürgen Hinzpeter and Foreign Correspondents in the 1980 Kwangju Uprising
Virtuous Shirking and Social Distance
Reinventing an authentic ‘ethnic’ politics
Going Underground
The Trajectory of Protest Suicide in South Korea, 1970-2015
Cultural Festivals and Regional Identities in South Korea
The Color of Dissent and a Vital Politics of Fragility in South Korea
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2025 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |