The Politics of Gender in Colonial Korea
Subtitle: Education, Labor, and Health, 1910-1945 (Asia Pacific Modern)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 24, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780520252882
Subjects: History; History - General History; History: World; ASIA; Asia - General; Women's Studies - General; History / Asia; 20th century; Korea; Sex role; Social conditions; Women
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."--Publisher description.