Getting married in Korea : of gender, morality, and modernity /

This work explores what it means to be modern and what it means to be Korean in a culture where courtship and marriage are often the crucible in which notions of gender and class are cast and recast. Touching on a number of important issues - identity, romantic love, women's work, marriage nego...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kendall, Laurel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1996.
Temas:
Marriage customs and rites > Korea.
Wedding etiquette > Korea.
Sex role > Korea.
Gender identity > Korea.
Social classes > Korea.
Ceremonial exchange > Korea.
Mariage > Rites et cérémonies > Corée.
Savoir-vivre > Mariage > Corée.
Rôle selon le sexe > Corée.
Identité sexuelle > Corée.
Classes sociales > Corée.
Échange cérémoniel > Corée.
REFERENCE > Weddings.
Ceremonial exchange.
Gender identity.
Marriage customs and rites.
Sex role.
Social classes.
Social conditions
Wedding etiquette.
Korea > Social conditions.
Corée > Conditions sociales.
Korea.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Why Study Weddings? A Confessional Introduction
  • 2. A Wedding in Righteous Town
  • 3. A Rite of Modernization and Its Postmodern Discontents
  • 4. Transformations: The Construction of Courtship in Twentieth-Century Korea
  • 5. Requesting Marriage
  • 6. Ceremonious Goods
  • 7. Betrothal Gifts and "Bothersome Custom."

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