1st Edition
The Cultural Politics of Urban Development in South Korea Art, Memory and Urban Boosterism in Gwangju
By HaeRan Shin
Copyright 2020
188 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
188 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
188 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book analyses the cultural politics of urban development in Gwangju, South Korea, and illustrates the implementation of state-led arts-based urban boosterism efforts in the context of political trauma and the desire for economic growth. The book explores urban development that is complicated by the recent history of democratic uprising in Gwangju, and it examines the dichotomy between... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Framework: The Politics of Cultural Economy 3. Case Background: Gwangju’s Image and Developmentalism 4. Instrumentalising Art and Resistance 5. "We are not united any longer": Emerging Opportunities and Challenges within Civil Society 6. The Politics of Place-of-memory Making 7. Making the Memory-Development Nexus
Biography
HaeRan Shin is Professor in the Department of Geography at Seoul National University, South Korea.
