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Gwangju Uprising scrap

Beyond death and go beyond the darkness of the times

  • Author(s)

    Hwang Sok-yong황석영

  • Translator(s)

    Slin Jung정슬인

  • Publisher

    Verso BooksVerso Books

  • Country

    UNITED STATES

  • Language

    English(English)

  • Year Published

    2022

  • Category

    Non Fiction 비문학

  • Target User

    Adult 성인

  • Period

    Contemporary 현대

Description 작품 소개

On 18th May 1980, student activists gathered in the South Korean city of Gwangju to protest the coup d’état and martial law government of General Chun Doo-hwan. The security forces responded with unmitigated violence, and over the next ten days hundreds of students, activists and citizens were arrested, tortured and murdered. The events of the uprising shaped over a decade of resistance to the repressive South Korean regime, and paved the way for the country’s democratisation in the 1990s. The subject of right-wing conspiracy and controversy in South Korea, the texts of Gwangju Uprising survived in underground circulation and were recently republished. This fresh translation by Slin Jung of the original text, compiled from eye-witness testimonies, forms a gripping and full account of both the events of the uprising and the political situation which preceded and followed the violence of those days. The edition contains a preface by Hwang Sok-yong, material which situates the uprising in its longer-term local and international context. The resulting volume is an unrivalled account of the movement for democracy and freedom in South Korea in the tumultuous period of the 1980s dictatorship. A vital collection for those interested in East Asian contemporary history and the global struggle for democracy. Reference : ‎Verso Books . "Gwangju Uprising:The Rebellion for Democracy in South Korea", https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/932-gwangju-uprising?_pos=1&_psq=Gwangju%20Uprising&_ss=e&_v=1.0. accessed 12 Oct 2023.

Author Bio 작가 소개

Hwang Sok-yong

Hwang Sok-yong황석영

On 18th May 1980, student activists gathered in the South Korean city of Gwangju to protest the coup d’état and martial law government of General Chun Doo-hwan. The security forces responded with unmitigated violence, and over the next ten days hundreds of students, activists and citizens were arrested, tortured and murdered. The events of the uprising shaped over a decade of resistance to the repressive South Korean regime, and paved the way for the country’s democratisation in the 1990s. The subject of right-wing conspiracy and controversy in South Korea, the texts of Gwangju Uprising survived in underground circulation and were recently republished. This fresh translation by Slin Jung of the original text, compiled from eye-witness testimonies, forms a gripping and full account of both the events of the uprising and the political situation which preceded and followed the violence of those days. The edition contains a preface by Hwang Sok-yong, material which situates the uprising in its longer-term local and international context. The resulting volume is an unrivalled account of the movement for democracy and freedom in South Korea in the tumultuous period of the 1980s dictatorship. A vital collection for those interested in East Asian contemporary history and the global struggle for democracy. Reference : ‎Verso Books . "Gwangju Uprising:The Rebellion for Democracy in South Korea", https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/932-gwangju-uprising?_pos=1&_psq=Gwangju%20Uprising&_ss=e&_v=1.0. accessed 12 Oct 2023.

Original Work 원작

Beyond death and go beyond the darkness of the times

죽음을 넘어 시대의 어둠을 넘어: 광주 5월 민중항쟁의 기록

By Hwang Sok-yong (황석영)

Changbi Publishers (2017)

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