Laying Claim to the Memory of May: A Look Back at the 1980 Kwangju Uprising 9780824863302

The Kwangju Uprising--"Korea's Tiananmen"--is one of the most important political events in late twentiet

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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration and Translation
Introduction
PART I. Kwangju, 1980: A Narrative Account
5.18 Begins
The “Righteous” Rebellion
Democracy in Action
Popular Hopes Crushed
“Kwangju Continues”
PART II. City of Light/ City of Outlaws
Truth Telling in the Fifth Republic
PART III. Commemorating Kwangju
Kwangju in the 1990s
The Construction 0f Memory And the 5.18 Movement
Making Martyrs and Patriotic Heroes
The Uprising as Civic Asset
What Is the “Kwangju Spirit”?
Remembering Kwangju in Post-Minjung Korea
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Laying Claim to the Memory of May: A Look Back at the 1980 Kwangju Uprising
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