Island of World Peace
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Author_Gwisook Gwon
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history
jeju
jeju uprising
Korea
korean history
korean peace movement
korean politics
korean war
massacre
rebellion
south korea
south korean culture
war crimes
workers' party of south korea
Product details
- ISBN 9781538145692
- Weight: 517g
- Dimensions: 158 x 237mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jul 2023
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book explores the history of the Jeju massacre (1947-1954), the deadest recognized civilian massacre in modern South Korean history, through the lens of state building in South Korea. Jeju-based sociologist Gwisook Gwon examines the massacre on Jeju Island in relation to the birth of anti-communist South Korea in the early Cold War, while also focusing on the reintegration of Jeju Islanders into the state through the history of Jeju soldiers in the Korean War (1950-1953) and the history of Jeju women in the economic recovery and modernization between the 1950s and the 1970s. The study of these post-massacre legacies is novel to South Korean history. The book also discusses the on-going reconciliation of the 4.3 historical conflicts and the transformation of Jeju into an “Island of World Peace.” This fresh and original study offers an empirical example of state-building processes at the local level in South Korea from the origin of the state to its democratization. In doing so, it contributes to several fields, including, the Korean War, state violence, conflict resolution studies, gender studies, and Asian and Korean studies.
Gwisook Gwon is a research fellow at the Research Institute for Tamla Culture in Jeju National University and taught sociology there from 1994 to 2016. She has published Gieog-eui Jeongchi, or The Politics of Memory in 2006. Her recent works have appeared in Under Occupation, the Asia-Pacific Journal, and the Journal of Korean Religions.
