Review: South Korea's Minjung Movement: The Culture and Politics of Dissidence

South Korea's Minjung Movement: The Culture and Politics of Dissidence by Kenneth M. Wells
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A collection of essays by various authors regarding Minjung. Overall a bit too academic for me, but definitely interesting and informative.

My favorite chapters:
Confucian Tradition and Nationalist Ideology in Korea, by Chung Chai-sik
Minjung Movements and the Minjung: Organizers and Farmers in a 1980s Farmers' Movement, by Nancy Abelmann
The Iconic Power of Modernity: Reading a Cheju Shaman's Life History and Initiation Dream, by Kim Seong Nae
Contemporary Korean Literature: From Victimization to Minjung Nationalism, by Choi Hyun-moo

There is also a speech by Paik Nak-chung

Interesting to read how the Confucianists were against Democracy, since they said it was incompatible with Confucianism.
Also very interesting to read about Nonghwal

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