The Paintings of Korean Comfort Woman Duk-kyung Kang
Postcolonial and Decolonial Aesthetics for Colonized Bodies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4413631 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hyunji Kwon (0009-0005-2472-6927), Hyunji Kwon Hyunji Kwon |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 571 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0046-3663 • E-ISSN: 2153-3873 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.15767/feministstudies.43.3.0571 |
| OpenAlex | W2767388108 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This essay addresses the largely unrecognized art of a former comfort woman, Duk-kyung Kang (1929–1997). Comfort women were forced sexual slaves for the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War. By analyzing how both postcolonial and decolonial aesthetics are embodied in her paintings, the potential of her art to challenge colonialism becomes pronounced
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Colonialism · Embodied cognition · Painting · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |