New women in colonial Korea

Description

This book provides the first English translation of some of the central archival material concerning the development of New Woman (sin yosong) 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.

Subjects

Series Statement

• Asian Studies Association of Australia women in Asia series

Other Editions

• New women in colonial Korea: a sourcebookRoutledge2012-01-01
• New Women in Colonial KoreaRoutledge2012-01-01
• New Women in Colonial KoreaTaylor & Francis Group2012-01-01
• New Women in Colonial KoreaTaylor & Francis Group2012-01-01
• New Women in Colonial KoreaTaylor & Francis Group2012-01-01
• New Women in Colonial KoreaTaylor & Francis Group2013-01-01