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Author Shin, HaeRan, author.

Title The cultural politics of urban development in South Korea : art, memory and urban boosterism in Gwangju / HaeRan Shin
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge Pacific Rim geographies
Routledge Pacific Rim geographies.
Contents Theoretical framework : the politics of cultural economy -- Case background : Gwangju's image and developmentalism -- Instrumentalising art and resistance -- "We are not united any longer" : emerging opportunities and challenges within civil society -- The politics of place-of-memory making -- Making the memory-development nexus
Summary This book analyses the cultural politics of urban development in Gwangju, South Korea, and illustrates the implementation of state-led arts-based urban boosterism efforts in the context of political trauma and the desire for economic growth. The book explores urban development that is complicated by the recent history of democratic uprising in Gwangju, and it examines the dichotomy between cities as growth machines and progressive metropolises. Actor-oriented qualitative research methods are used to show how culture and economies can evolve from territorial conflicts. The author argues that the quest for both growth and social justice can coexist in intertwined ways and create urban development. Moreover, recent events in Gwangju, such as the May 18 Democratic Uprising and massacre, are shown to act as a backdrop for state-led urban boosterism and desire for economic growth at the same time as depicting a resistance to state-corporate marketing plans, which culminates in the eventual emergence of relatively coherent places-of-memory. These convergences and divergences are comparable to the urban boosterism characteristic of Western cities. The book contributes to the dialogue surrounding geography, urban studies, and postcolonial urban development, and will be of interest to academics working in these fields as well as human geography, planning, urban politics and East Asian studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes HaeRan Shin is Professor in the Department of Geography at Seoul National University, South Korea
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 17, 2020)
Subject Urban renewal -- Korea (South) -- Kwangju-si (Chŏlla-namdo)
Politics and culture -- Korea (South) -- Kwangju-si (Chŏlla-namdo)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Asian American Studies.
Politics and culture.
Urban renewal.
Korea -- Kwangju-si (Chŏlla-namdo)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429512704
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