Revisiting Minjung

This book explores the pivotal role of the 'minjung' (the people) in South Korea's transition from dictatorship to democracy in the 1980s. Leading experts in Korean history, literature, film, art, and music offer fresh perspectives on this crucial decade. The volume examines how an era often linked with radical politics ultimately fostered democratic and liberal values, covering topics from minjung ideology and its critiques to workers' literary culture, feminism, and representations of race and queerness in popular culture.