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100°c: South Korea's 1987 Democracy Movement
Paperback
Series: Hawai'i Studies on Korea
General Graphic NovelsGeneral World HistoryKorean History
Publisher Price: $21.99
ISBN13: 9780824893958
Publisher: Univ Of Hawaii Pr
Published: Jan 31 2023
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.06 Depth: 8.35
Language: English
What does it take for ordinary citizens to risk everything to protest living under a repressive government? What takes them beyond the brink, to the boiling point? In his graphic novel 100 C, celebrated webtoon and comics artist Choi Kyu-sok sheds a light on these questions by examining the lives of one family caught up in the great social unrest that developed under Chun Doo-hwan's regime and culminated in the June 1987 Uprising. Crucial to understanding the events of the summer of 1987 is the recognition of both the political context and the dynamics of the nationwide effort that included students, office workers, and religious and labor groups--all of whom came together to demand a new constitution and free elections. Choi's is a measured yet powerful representation of a pivotal moment in Korean history, when individuals questioned the status quo, when parents joined their children to express their grievances and agitate for democratic reforms, when an entire nation chose to move in a new direction.
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