South Korea's Minjung Movement : : The Culture and Politics of Dissidence / / ed. by Kenneth M. Wells.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Abelmann, Nancy,; Chai-sik, Chung,; Chungmoo, Choi,; Clark, Donald N.,; Hyun-moo, Choi,; Hyung-A, Kim,; Nak-chung, Paik,; Pihl, Marshall R.,; Seong Nae, Kim,
• HerausgeberIn: Wells, Kenneth M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [1995]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

The minjung (people's) movement stood at the forefront of the June 1987 nationwide tide that swept away the military in South Korea and opened up space for relatively democratic politics, a more responsible economy, and new directions in culture. This volume is the first in English to grapple specifically with the nature of a national development that lies at the center of the last three decades of tumult and change in South Korea.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Cultural Construction of Korean History -- 2. Contemporary Nationalist Movements and the Minjung -- 3. Minjung Socioeconomic Responses to State-led Industrialization -- 4. Confucian Tradition and Nationalist Ideology in Korea -- 5. Growth and Limitations of Minjung Christianity in South Korea -- 6. The Minjung Culture Movement and the Construction of Popular Culture in Korea -- 7. Minjung Movements and the Minjung: Organizers and Farmers in a 1980s Farmers’ Movement -- 8. The Iconic Power of Modernity: Reading a Cheju Shaman’s Life History and Initiation Dream -- 9. Contemporary Korean Literature: From Victimization to Minjung Nationalism -- 10. The Reunification Movement and Literature -- 11. The Nation, the People, and a Small Ball: Literary Nationalism and Literary Populism in Contemporary Korea -- Notes -- Index -- Contributors