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1st Edition

South Korean Democracy Legacy of the Gwangju Uprising

Edited By Georgy Katsiaficas, Na Kahn-chae Copyright 2006

216 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

216 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

216 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Description

This new book offers a retrospective appraisal of the Gwangju Uprising by academics, activists and artists from Gwangju, Korea. In 1980, South Koreans took to the streets to demand democracy. When the military threatened brutal suppression of the popular movement, only in Gwangju did people refuse to submit. After horrific bloodshed, the citizens of Gwangju drove the military out of the... Read more

Table of Contents

Introduction

Georgy Katsiaficas and Na Kahn-chae

1. Remembering the Gwangju Uprising

Georgy Katsiaficas

2. The Socio-Economic Background of the Gwangju Uprising

Ahn Jean

3. Collective Action and Organization in the Gwangju Uprising

Na Kahn-chae

4. Women’s Experiences in the Gwangju Uprising: Participation and Exclusion

Kang Hyun-ah

The Gwangju Uprising in Woodblock Prin by Hong Sung-dam

5. The Gwangju People's Uprising and the Construction of Collective Identity: The Fighters' Bulletin

Kim Young-khee and Han Sun

6. The Shadow of the Gwangju Uprising in the Democratization of Korean Politics

KimYong Cheol

7. The Experience of the May 18th Uprising and the Communal Imagination

Jung Keun-sik

Photographs from the Uprising, May 18 Memorial Foundation

8. A New Perspective on the Gwangju People’s Resistance Struggle: 1980-1997

Na Kahn-chae

9. Comparing the Paris Commune and the Gwangju Uprising

Georgy Katsiaficas

Editor(s)

Biography

Georgy Katsiaficas is Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Na Kahn-chae is Professor of Sociology at Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.

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