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

Name: Laying Claim to the Memory of May A Look Back at the 1980 Kwangju Uprising
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ISBN: 9780824825430

ISBN-10: 0824825438

ISBN-13: 9780824825430

Edition: 2002

Authors: Linda S. Lewis

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Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Publication date: 4/30/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Note on Transliteration and Translation


Introduction



Kwangju, 1980: A Narrative Account


5.18 Begins: Violence and Confusion on the City's Streets


The "Righteous" Rebellion: Citizens Fight Back


Democracy in Action: The Days of "Free Kwangju"


Popular Hopes Crushed: The Army Retakes the City


"Kwangju Continues": The Summer of 1980 and Beyond



City of Light/City of Outlaws


Truth Telling in the Fifth Republic



Commemorating Kwangju: From Lamentation to Celebration


Kwangju in the 1990s


The Construction of Memory and the 5.18 Movement: An Overview


Making Martyrs and Patriotic Heroes: Direct Victims' Groups and the Legitimation of 5.18


The Uprising as Civic Asset: New Citizens' Groups and the Reimaging of Kwangju


What Is the "Kwangju Spirit"?


Remembering Kwangju in Post-Minjung Korea


Notes


Bibliography


Index