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Moral Imperatives: South Korean Studenthood and April 19th

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 May 2012

Charles R. Kim
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Abstract

An oft-overlooked part of the Global Sixties, the seminal event of April 19th (1960) set the foundation for South Korea's combative, youth-driven democratization struggles between the years 1960 and 1987. This article turns to the eve of the eight-week protest movement in order to examine the production of students as a nationwide social organization of youths well-versed in nationalist discourse and conversant in patriotic practices. Throughout the heady weeks of February, March, and April 1960, youthful protestors drew on elements of this ideological training in an unlikely fashion to employ them in protests against the state. Taking full advantage of the privileged position of students in nationalist discourse, the protestors of April 19th cemented the importance of the upright student demonstration in South Korea's emerging postcolonial, Cold War political landscape.

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 71 , Issue 2 , May 2012 , pp. 399 - 422
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2012

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