Witnessing Gwangju

Paul Courtright , Robin Moyer , Choi Yong-ju 지음

Hollym 2021년 02월 02일 출간 종이책 : 2020년 05월 01일 출간

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A moving and distressing first-hand account of the terrible massacre that occurred over several days in May 1980 that was to signal the birth of democracy in South Korea and the end of successive military-backed authoritarian governments. After returning to Korea in 2019 for the first time since the 1980 Uprising, the author was shocked to discover that many people he talked to were not aware of the truth of these horrendous events. Some thought it was a Communist insurrection fomented by North Korea; to others it was a student riot; others doubted it ever happened Paul Courtright was there. He saw what happened. He felt duty-bound to reveal the truth. This book is his account.

목차

Author's note

Map
South Korea
Gwangju and jeonnam Province

Prologue

Day 1(Wednesday, May 14)
Demonstration curiosity for the uninitiated

Day 2(Thursday, May 15)
Demos are neither won nor lost

Day 3(Friday, May 16)
Good to be heading home

Day 4(Saturday, May 17)
Getting back to normal

Day 5(Sunday, May 18)
Disturbing rumors streak across the sky

Day 6(Monday, May 19)
Something awful happened here

Day 7(Tuesday, May 20)
Getting marching orders and the last bus home

Day 8(Wednesday, May 21)
You can push people only so far

Day 9(Thursday, May 22)
The mundane and the crazy can easily coexist in the middle of an uprising

Day 10(Friday, May 23)
We are all "impure elements"

Day 11(Saturday, May 24)
Translating in a mortuary

Day 12(Sunday, May 25)
Is there peace to be found heading over the mountain?

Day 13(Monday, May 26)
Losing my temper and heading to Seoul

Epilogue
Acknowledgments

Annex

작가정보

저자(글) Paul Courtright

저자 : Paul Courtright
Paul Courtright was a US Peace Corps Volunteer in Jeonnam Province of Korea from 1979-81. He completed his Masters and Doctorate in Public Health focusing on eye diseases and neglected tropical diseases. For 20 years he lived and worked in Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa, and Tanzania establishing, with his wife, the Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology in Moshi, Tanzania.
He has published over 250 scientific articles and has received awards from the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Premio Vision Mundi de Lucha Contra la Cuguera, and the Antonio Champalimaud Vision Award. He is a professor (adjunct) at the University of Cape Town and currently he is the Trachoma Technical Lead, consulting for Sightsavers, a UK based non-governmental organization. He is married with two sons and currently lives in San Diego.
Since 1981 he had continued his relationship with Korea conducting research there with Korean colleagues and a summer epidemiology course at Yonsei University with his wife. His work in Africa has been recognized by the Queen and got invited to England.

저자 : Robin Moyer
Robin Moyer was in Seoul, South Korea on assignment for Time Magazine when he heard about the 1980 Gwangju uprising. Shortly after covering Gwangju he became a Time contract photographer (1982?1999) and spent a lot of time photographing feature stories as well as breaking news.
In 1982 he was awarded World Press Picture of the Year for a photo of the massacre of Palestinians in Lebanon, as well as a Gold Medal Citation from the Overseas Press Club's Robert Capa Award for Courage and Enterprise for his body of work in Lebanon. As chief photographer (Asia) for TIME, he took photographs of many news stories including Cambodian refugees, the People Power revolution and Muslim insurgencies in Mindanao, Afghanistan during Russian occupation, The rise of Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar, Sri Lanka’s long war, the Tiananmen Incident in Beijing in 1989, and the many colourful leaders in Asia.
He photographed Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement' in 2014, and is currently producing a book on the current demonstrations in Hong Kong.

저자 : Choi Yong-ju
전남대학교 사회학과를 졸업하고 미국 켄터키 대학교 사회학과 박사과정을 마쳤다. 1980년 광주항쟁 당시 항쟁의 기폭제 역할을 했던 전남대학교 총학생회에서 학술부장으로 활동했다. 이 때문에 광주항쟁 이후 체포되어 옥고를 치렀고, 뒤늦은 졸업 후 공공기관에서 30년간 근무·정년 퇴직하였다. 국방부 5.18민주화운동 특별조사위원회 조사관을 역임하고, 지금은 5.18기념재단에서
연구위원으로 봉사하고 있으며, 주로 5.18 관련 해외기록물을 발굴하고 분석하는 일을 맡고 있다. “광주항쟁과 초국적 후원 네트워크”, “아르헨티나와 칠레의 이행기 정의 실천과 교훈,” “망각에서 기억으로, 그리고 어디로?: 브라질의 이행기 정의 실천과 교훈”, “카터 행정부의 대한정책 프레임 전환과 5.18민주화운동”, “미국의 주류언론에 투영된 광주항쟁:비판적 검토” 등의 논문을 발표하였다. 폴 코트라이트의 회고록〈Witnessing Gwangju〉의 번역자이다.

저자(글) Robin Moyer

저자(글) Choi Yong-ju