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The Emotions of Justice : Gender, Status, and Legal Performance in Choson Korea /

"The Chosŏn State (1392-1910) is typically portrayed as a rigid society because of its hereditary status system, slavery, and Confucian gender norms. However, The Emotions of Justice reveals a surprisingly complex picture of a judicial system that operated in a contradictory fashion by discrim...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Kim, Jisoo M. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Author's note
  • Kings of the Chosŏn Dynasty
  • The Confucian state, law, and emotions
  • Gender, writing, and legal performance
  • Women's grievances and their gendered narrative of wŏn
  • Seeking vindication or begging pardon on behalf of the living
  • In search of justice on behalf of the dead.