South Korea's Minjung Movement: The Culture and Politics of Dissidence 9780824864392
The minjung (people's) movement stood at the forefront of the June 1987 nationwide tide that swept away the militar
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English Pages 272 [256] Year 1995
Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. The Cultural Construction of Korean History
2. Contemporary Nationalist Movements and the Minjung
3. Minjung Socioeconomic Responses to State-led Industrialization
4. Confucian Tradition and Nationalist Ideology in Korea
5. Growth and Limitations of Minjung Christianity in South Korea
6. The Minjung Culture Movement and the Construction of Popular Culture in Korea
7. Minjung Movements and the Minjung: Organizers and Farmers in a 1980s Farmers’ Movement
8. The Iconic Power of Modernity: Reading a Cheju Shaman’s Life History and Initiation Dream
9. Contemporary Korean Literature: From Victimization to Minjung Nationalism
10. The Reunification Movement and Literature
11. The Nation, the People, and a Small Ball: Literary Nationalism and Literary Populism in Contemporary Korea
Notes
Index
Contributors
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. The Cultural Construction of Korean History
2. Contemporary Nationalist Movements and the Minjung
3. Minjung Socioeconomic Responses to State-led Industrialization
4. Confucian Tradition and Nationalist Ideology in Korea
5. Growth and Limitations of Minjung Christianity in South Korea
6. The Minjung Culture Movement and the Construction of Popular Culture in Korea
7. Minjung Movements and the Minjung: Organizers and Farmers in a 1980s Farmers’ Movement
8. The Iconic Power of Modernity: Reading a Cheju Shaman’s Life History and Initiation Dream
9. Contemporary Korean Literature: From Victimization to Minjung Nationalism
10. The Reunification Movement and Literature
11. The Nation, the People, and a Small Ball: Literary Nationalism and Literary Populism in Contemporary Korea
Notes
Index
Contributors
- Author / Uploaded
- Kenneth M. Wells (editor)
