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Practicing feminism in South Korea : the women's movement against sexual violence /

The Korean women's movement, which is seen in both Western and non-Western countries as being exemplary in terms of women's activism, experienced a dramatic change in its direction and strategy in the early 1990s. At the heart of the new approach was an increasing focus on sexual violence,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jung, Kyungja
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.
Colección:ASAA women in Asia series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Korean women's movement, which is seen in both Western and non-Western countries as being exemplary in terms of women's activism, experienced a dramatic change in its direction and strategy in the early 1990s. At the heart of the new approach was an increasing focus on sexual violence, which has had a huge impact on bringing women's issues onto the public agenda in Korea. This book examines feminist practice in Korea by analyzing the experiences of the country's first sexual assault center, the Korea Sexual Violence Relief Center. Based on extensive original research, including intervie.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 147 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781134581658
1134581653
9781315887289
1315887282
1299954014
9781299954014