Book
New Women in Colonial Korea: a sourcebook
ASAA women in Asia series., Routledge
2013
DOI: 10.4324/9780203116074
Abstract
This book provides the first English translation of some of the central archival material concerning the development of New Woman (sin yŏsŏng) in Korea during the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. It includes selected writings of both women and men who put forward their views on some of the key issues of new womanhood, including gender equality, chastity, divorce, education, fashion, hygiene, birth control, and the women’s movement. The authors whose essays are included express a range of attitudes about the new gender ethics and practices that were deeply influenced by the incessant flow of new and modern knowledge, habits and consumer products from metropolitan Japan and the West. Emphasizing the global nature of the phenomenon of the New Woman and Modern Girl, this sourcebook provides key references to a dynamic and multifarious history of modern Korean women, whose ideals and life experiences were formed at the intersection of Western modernity, Korean nationalism, Japanese colonialism and resilient patriarchy. Introduction. New Women in Discursive and Historical Space 1. The Woman Question 2. New Woman, Old Woman 3. Controversy over "Schoolgirls" (yŏhaksaeng) 4. The "Modern Girl" Question 5. Love, Marriage and Divorce 6. Politics of the Body—Chastity, Birth Control and Fashion 7. Transcultural Experiences 8. Korean Women’s Movements: Coalition and Division Hyaeweol Choi is ANU-Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies and Director of the Korea Institute at the Australian National University.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- New Women in Colonial Korea: a sourcebook
- Creators
- Hyaeweol Choi (Translator) - University of Iowa, Religious Studies
- Resource Type
- Book
- Table of contents
- Introduction: new women in discursive and historical space -- The woman question -- New woman, old woman -- Na Hyesok : the ideal woman -- Inaugural editorial from Sin Yoja -- Kim Wonju : the self-awakening of women -- Kim Hwallan : urging men to critically reflect on themselves -- Ham Sepung : women's liberation means social progress -- Yi Chonghui : what does freedom mean for women? -- Im Chinsil : an observation on the status of women -- Kim Chunyon : nations of gender equality and gender inequality -- Yi Kwangsu : ten commandments for new women -- Ko Yongsuk : a rash statement : rebuttal to yi kwangsu -- Chu Yosop : characteristics of new women and traditional women -- Kim Wonju : the necessity of women's education -- Problems regarding uniforms and school badges for schoolgirls -- Ho Chongsuk : to girl students returning to their homes in the countryside -- Yi Kwangsu : centering women's education on motherhood -- Palbong Sanin : contemporary women and modern education : teach romance and sex education in order to guide women in the midst of moral decay -- Pang Chonghwan: even if I have a daughter, I won't send her to school : request for the reform of girls' school -- Alice Appenzeller : issues in the higher education for women in Korea -- Hyon Sangyun : a message to Korean schoolgirls -- Cho Tongsik : moral discipline and Korean schoolgirls -- Kim Hwallan : problems in girls' education -- The "modern girl" question -- Yu Kwangyol : what is modern? : the great debate on modern girl, modern boy -- Pak Yonghui : characteristics of "modern woman" and "modern man" in a bourgeois society : the great debate on modern girl, modern boy -- Songsoin : modern woman : the great debate on modern girl, modern boy -- Choe Haksong : a symbol of decadence : the great debate on modern girl, modern boy -- Love, marriage, and divorce -- No Chayong : the forerunner of the women's movement : Ellen Key -- Chu Yosop : suggestions for a happy marriage : starting with a more liberal wedding ceremony -- Kim Sukhui : I'd like to have a lover in addition to a husband -- Chong Chilsong : critique on red love : kollontai's sexual morality -- Chin Sangju : upsurge of proletarian love, the class nature of love -- Kim Kangchun : a thesis on the reform of romance -- Hwang Sindok : love in marriage, love suicide, and sex education -- Song Sangnae : legitimacy of divorce -- Special issue on second wife (che i puin) -- Pak Indok: Korea's nora left the doll's house -- Na hyesok : a confession about my divorce: to chonggu -- Politics of the body : chastity, birth control and fashion -- Kim Wonju : my view on chastity -- Roundtable : a debate on chastity -- Is it a sin to have sex during the engagement? -- Na Hyesok : starting a new life -- Paek Chol : a new view on chastity -- Yun Songsang : urgent call for birth control : the necessity of publicity and practice -- An urgent call for birth control : four medical methods -- Chu Sejuk : I advocate short hair -- Is short hair good or bad? -- Yun Songsang : modern woman reflected in vogue -- Transcultural experiences -- Yuam : higher education for women in the U.S. : advancement of women is equal to advancement of the.
- Series
- ASAA women in Asia series.
- DOI
- 10.4324/9780203116074
- ISBN
- 0203116070; 0415517095; 9780203116074; 9780415517096; 0415538491; 9780415538497
- eISBN
- 0203116070; 1136297499; 0415517095; 9780203116074; 9780415517096; 9781136297496
- Publisher
- Routledge; London
- Number of pages
- xvi, 244 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2013
- Academic Unit
- Religious Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9983913299902771
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