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Laying claim to the memory of May : a look back at the 1980 Kwangju Uprising /

The Kwangju Uprising -- "Korea's Tiananmen"--Is one of the most important political events in late twentieth-century Korean history. What began as a peaceful demonstration against the imposition of military rule in the southwestern city of Kwangju in May 1980 turned into a bloody peop...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lewis, Linda Sue, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press : Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawaiʻi, ©2002.
Colección:Hawaiʻi studies on Korea.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: pt. I Kwangju, 1980: A Narrative Account
  • 5.18 Begins: Violence and Confusion on the City's Streets
  • "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
  • pt. II City of Light/City of Outlaws
  • Truth Telling in the Fifth Republic
  • pt. III Commemorating Kwangju: From Lamentation To Celebration
  • Kwangju in the 1990s
  • Construction of Memory and the 5.18 Movement: An Overview
  • Making Martyrs and Patriotic Heroes: Direct Victims' Groups and the Legitimation of 5.18
  • Uprising as Civic Asset: New Citizens' Groups and the Reimaging of Kwangju
  • What Is the "Kwangju Spirit"?
  • Remembering Kwangju in Post-Minjung Korea.