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Shame in Korean Families

Bibliographic Data

ID3020437
AuthorsYang (0000-0002-9787-5617, University of Minnesota), Sungeun Yang, P C Rosenblatt (0000-0002-5283-2736, University of Minnesota)
Year2001
Volume32
Issue3
Pages361-375
Publication date2001-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.32.3.361
OpenAlexW2601695297
LanguageEN
Citations received23

Although shame may be a pan-human feeling and concept, it may be different in important ways from culture to culture. This paper offers a view of shame in Korean families. It is based on intensive qualitative interviews with a single informant who is also the first author of the paper. The paper outlines the cultural roots of shame in Korea, the central place of shame in the functioning of Korean families, the ways that shame in Korea is not only individual but familial, the centrality and value given to shame in Korea culture, the ways parenting in Korea promotes shame, family benefits of shame, the entanglement of shame and gender with marriage and sexuality, and the etiquette and social dynamics of shame in Korean culture. The paper argues that understanding the ways that shame is uniquely defined, experienced, contextualized, and dealt with in a society is of great value

Feeling · Shame · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Emotional Labor in Professions · Gender Studies · Korean Urban and Social Studies · Psychology · Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works23
Citations per year1
Citation span2003 - 2026 (24)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 20

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