{"product_id":"the-cultural-politics-of-urban-haeran-shin-9781032400242","title":"The Cultural Politics of Urban Development in South Korea: Art, Memory and Urban Boosterism in Gwangju","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book explores urban development that is complicated by the recent history of democratic uprising in Gwangju, and it examines the dichotomy between cities as growth machines and progressive metropolises. Actor-oriented qualitative research methods are used to show how culture and economies can evolve from territorial conflicts. The author argues that the quest for both growth and social justice can coexist in intertwined ways and create urban development. Moreover, recent events in Gwangju, such as the May 18 Democratic Uprising and massacre, are shown to act as a backdrop for state-led urban boosterism and desire for economic growth at the same time as depicting a resistance to state-corporate marketing plans, which culminates in the eventual emergence of relatively coherent places-of-memory. These convergences and divergences are comparable to the urban boosterism characteristic of Western cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book contributes to the dialogue surrounding geography, urban studies, and postcolonial urban development, and will be of interest to academics working in these fields as well as human geography, planning, urban politics and East Asian studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Haeran Shin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032400242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032400242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.30d","brand":"Haeran Shin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965190979839,"sku":"9781032400242","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2edf98d-0ec7-4525-90f4-ad67fe11323c.jpg?v=1767279033","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cultural-politics-of-urban-haeran-shin-9781032400242","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}