{"product_id":"contentious-kwangju-gi-wook-shin-9780742519626","title":"Contentious Kwangju: The May 18 Uprising in Korea's Past and Present","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gi-Wook Shin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0742519627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780742519626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 5.86w x 0.45d","brand":"Gi-Wook Shin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947063542015,"sku":"9780742519626","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e12c04c0-7d21-44e1-8109-9ed7c194dfbc.jpg?v=1681516495","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contentious-kwangju-gi-wook-shin-9780742519626","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}