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