Contentious Kwangju

Contentious Kwangju
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 204
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ISBN-10 : 0742519627
ISBN-13 : 9780742519626
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Book Synopsis Contentious Kwangju by : Gi-Wook Shin

Download or read book Contentious Kwangju written by Gi-Wook Shin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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