Contentious Kwangju The May 18th Uprising in Korea's Past and Present

One of the largest political protests in contemporary Korean history, the May 1980 Kwangju Uprising still exerts a profound, often contested, influence in Korean society. Through a deft combination of personal reflections and academic analysis, Contentious Kwangju offers a comprehensive examination of the multiple, shifting meanings of this seminal event and explains how the memory of Kwangju has affected Korean life from politics to culture. In keeping with the book's title, the essays offer competing interpretations of the Kwangju Uprising, yet together provide the most thorough English-language treatment to date of the multifaceted, sweeping significance of this seminal event.Shin, Gi-Wook is the author of 'Contentious Kwangju The May 18th Uprising in Korea's Past and Present' with ISBN 9780742519626 and ISBN 0742519627.