The Politics of Gender in Colonial KoreaEducation, Labor, and Health, 1910-1945

Education, Labor, and Health, 1910-1945 (Asia Pacific Modern)

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ID19157582
AuthorsTheodore Jun Yoo (0000-0002-2359-4214), Theodore JunYoo (corresponding author)
Year2008
Pages310
Publication date2008-04-03
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Politics of Gender in Colonial Korea (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/california/9780520252882.001.0001
OpenAlexW4254967538
ISBN9780520252882
Open LibraryOL10434946M
LanguageEN
Citations received8

This study examines how the concept of “Korean woman” underwent a radical transformation in Korea's public discourse during the years of Japanese colonialism. The book shows that as women moved out of traditional spheres to occupy new positions outside the home, they encountered the pervasive control of the colonial state, which sought to impose modernity on them. While some Korean women conformed to the dictates of colonial hegemony, others took deliberate pains to distinguish between what was “modern” (e.g., Western outfits) and thus legitimate, and what was “Japanese,” and thus illegitimate. The book argues that what made the experience of these women unique was the dual confrontation with modernity itself and with Japan as a colonial power

Art · Colonialism · Dual (grammatical number) · Hegemony · Literature · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · State (computer science) · Gender Studies · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · 20th century · asia · Asia - General · Gender identity · History - General History · History: World · Korea · Sex role · Sexuality · Social conditions · Women · Women's Studies - General

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