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The Politics of Gender in Colonial Korea: Education, Labor, and Health, 1910–1945

By Theodore Jun Yoo

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780520934153
DOI
10.1525/9780520934153
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1262309 bytes)
Series
Asia Pacific Modern; 3
Pages
328\328
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 13:47:59

Description

This study examines how the concept of "Korean woman" underwent a radical transformation in Korea's public discourse during the years of Japanese colonialism. Theodore Jun Yoo 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. Yoo argues that what made the experience of these women unique was the dual confrontation with modernity itself and with Japan as a colonial power.

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