Korean families
Subtitle: continuity and change
By: edited by Korean Family Studies Association
Publisher: Seoul National University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Seoul, R.O.K
Language: eng
Number of pages: 425
ISBN-13: 9788952112576
Subjects: History; Families; Kinship
Description: The book is organized into an introduction and five subsequent parts with 13 chapters overall. The introduction provides a brief overview of the continuity and changes in the patrilineal culture of the current Korean family. Part I, Traditional Korean Families, presents a historical analysis of the family/kinship system and womenʹs life during the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasties. Part II, Family and Society, includes two chapters on changes in the family population and families with the concept of compressed modernity, and examines family issues at the macro level. Part III, Family, Change, and Space, includes three chapters on family life among the rural, urban, and lower classes based on intensive qualitative research. Part IV, Family and Gender, includes three chapters on the image of the Korean family, love and marriage, and work-family reconciliation as discussed from feminist perspectives. Part V, the Family in Life Stages, includes three chapters on the early, middle, and late years of the family, focusing on family relations. -- Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : continuity and change in patrilineal culture of Korean families  -- Sun Wha Ok; title: Family/kinship system under the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties  -- Jong Seo Yi; title: From a daughter to daughter-in-law  -- SoonGu Lee; title: Changes in population and family in Korea  -- Ki-Soo Eun; title: Compressed modernity and Korean families : accidental pluralism in family ideology  -- Kyung-Sup Chang; title: Economic roles of women and men in Korean rural families : between 1930 and 1980  -- Boo Jin Park; title: Urban family relationships in the rapidly industrializing Korean society  -- Myung-hye Kim; title: An evaluation of older less-education, lower-class working women  -- Oakla Cho; title: Imagining the South Korean family beyond patriarchy  -- Jae Kyung Lee; title: Love, sexuality, and marriage  -- Seong Young Sohn; title: Women's work and kin relationships since the 1960s  -- Hye-Kyung Kim; title: The early years of marriage  -- Hyunsook Chung; title: Korean families in mid-life : over-emphasis on children's education  -- Meejung Chin; title: Korean family relationships in later life -- Miai Sung.