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Laying Claim to the Memory of May: A Look Back at the 1980 Kwangju Uprising (Hawai'i Studies on Korea (Hardcover))
Linda Sue Lewis
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Hardcover. As one of the few Western eyewitnesses to the 1980 Kwangju Uprising, Linda Lewis is uniquely positioned to write about the event. In this work on commemoration politics, social representation and memory, she draws on her writings from the 1980s and ethnographic work she conducted in the 1990s. Series: Hawaii Studies on Korea. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPN; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JHMP; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
The Kwangju Uprising - ""Korea's Tiananmen"" - is one of the most important political events in late twentieth-century Korean history. What began as a peaceful demonstration against the imposition of military rule in the southwestern city of Kwangju in May 1980 turned into a bloody people's revolt. In the two decades since, memories of the Kwangju Uprising have lived on, assuming symbolic importance in the Korean democracy movement, underlying the rise in anti-American sentiment in South Korea, and shaping the nation's transition to a civil society. Nonetheless it remains a contested event, the subject still of controversy, confusion, international debate, ... Read more
The Kwangju Uprising - ""Korea's Tiananmen"" - is one of the most important political events in late twentieth-century Korean history. What began as a peaceful demonstration against the imposition of military rule in the southwestern city of Kwangju in May 1980 turned into a bloody people's revolt. In the two decades since, memories of the Kwangju Uprising have lived on, assuming symbolic importance in the Korean democracy movement, underlying the rise in anti-American sentiment in South Korea, and shaping the nation's transition to a civil society. Nonetheless it remains a contested event, the subject still of controversy, confusion, international debate, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Series
Hawaii Studies on Korea
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824824792
SKU
V9780824824792
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