The Cultural Politics of Urban Development in South Korea

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.

Autorentext

HaeRan Shin is Professor in the Department of Geography at Seoul National University, South Korea.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Framework: The Politics of Cultural Economy 3. Case Background: Gwangju's Image and Developmentalism 4. Instrumentalising Art and Resistance 5. "We are not united any longer": Emerging Opportunities and Challenges within Civil Society 6. The Politics of Place-of-memory Making 7. Making the Memory-Development Nexus