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

Name: Contentious Kwangju
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
SKU: 9780742519626
Price: 5750 KES
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ISBN: 9780742519626

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Asia/Pacific/Perspectives

ISBN-10 0742519627

ISBN-13 9780742519626

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Imprint Rowman & Littlefield

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jun 11th, 2003

Print length 200 Pages

Weight 263 grams

Dimensions 22.90 x 14.70 x 1.10 cms

Product Classification: Regional studies Regional / International studies Asian history Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions Revolutionary groups & movements Revolutionary groups and movements History Asian history Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions

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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.

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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