The Politics of Gender in Colonial Korea: Education, Labor, and Health, 1910-1945 (Asia Pacific Modern)

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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 305.48895700904 EAN: 9780520252882 ISBN: 0520252888 Label: University of California Press Manufacturer: University of California Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 330 Publication Date: 2008-03-04 Publisher: University of California Press Studio: University of California Press
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Editorial Reviews: 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.