Women Pre-scripted : Forging Modern Roles through Korean Print /

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This title explores the way ideas about women and their social roles changed during Korea's transformation into a modern society. Drawing on a wide range of materials published in periodicals, the author shows how at different times between 1896 and 1934, the idea of modern womanhood transforms...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee, Ji-Eun (Korean studies scholar) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women's periodicals, Korean.
Women > Press coverage.
Women.
Sex role.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Femmes > Coree du Sud > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Rôle selon le sexe > Coree du Sud > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Women > Press coverage > Korea (South) > History > 20th century.
Women's periodicals, Korean > History > 20th century.
Women > Korea (South) > History > 20th century.
Sex role > Korea (South) > History > 20th century.
Korea (South)
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This title explores the way ideas about women and their social roles changed during Korea's transformation into a modern society. Drawing on a wide range of materials published in periodicals, the author shows how at different times between 1896 and 1934, the idea of modern womanhood transforms from virgin saviour to mother of the nation to manager of modern family life and, finally, to an embodiment of the capitalist West.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages).
ISBN:9780824853860

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