Contentious Kwangju : the May 18 uprising in Korea's past and present /

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Imprint:Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2003.
Description:1 online resource (xxxi, 159 pages) : maps
Language:English
Series:Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
Asia/Pacific/perspectives.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11403062
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Other authors / contributors:Shin, Gi-Wook.
Hwang, Kyung Moon.
ISBN:058546670X
9780585466705
9781442210370
1442210370
0742519619
9780742519619
0742519627
9780742519626
1283616882
9781283616881
9786613929334
6613929336
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Summary: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 Kw.
Other form:Print version: Contentious Kwangju. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2003 0742519619