The politics of gender in colonial Korea : education, labor, and health, 1910-1945

The politics of gender in colonial Korea : education, labor, and health, 1910-1945 /

This study examines how the concept of 'Korean woman' underwent a radical transformation during the years of Japanese colonialism. The author shows that as women began to occupy positions outside the home, they encountered the pervasive control of the colonial state, which sought to impose...

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Main Author: Yoo, Theodore Jun, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.
Series:Asia Pacific modern ; 3.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Women > Korea > Social conditions > 20th century.
Sex role > Korea > History > 20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Sex role
Women > Social conditions
Korea > History > Japanese occupation, 1910-1945.
Corée > Histoire > 1910-1945 (Occupation japonaise)
Korea
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Women in Chosŏn Korea
  • The "new woman" and the politics of love, marriage, and divorce in colonial Korea
  • The female worker : from home to the factory
  • Discoursing in numbers : the female worker and the politics of gender
  • The colonized body : Korean women's sexuality and health.

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