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The Politics of Gender in Colonial Korea: Education, Labor, and Health, 1910-1945 Volume 3

The Politics of Gender in Colonial Korea: Education, Labor, and Health, 1910-1945 Volume 3

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Series: Asia Pacific Modern, Book 3

Korean HistoryWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0520283813
ISBN13: 9780520283817
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: May 29 2014
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This study examines how the concept of Korean woman underwent a radical transformation in Korea's public discourse during the years of Japanese colonialism. Theodore Jun Yoo shows that as women moved out of traditional spheres to occupy new positions outside the home, they encountered the pervasive control of the colonial state, which sought to impose modernity on them. While some Korean women conformed to the dictates of colonial hegemony, others took deliberate pains to distinguish between what was modern (e.g., Western outfits) and thus legitimate, and what was Japanese, and thus illegitimate. Yoo argues that what made the experience of these women unique was the dual confrontation with modernity itself and with Japan as a colonial power.

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