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Dangerous Women

By Kim, Elaine H.

Dangerous Women Books

Dangerous Women

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"Dangerous Women" addresses the themes of Korean nationalism and gender construction, as well as various issues related to the colonialization and decolonialization of the Korean "nation." Leading scholars discuss how Korea, as a result of years of foreign domination, can still be seen as an "imaginary" and "gendered" nation--as a metaphor, even, for Korean women both there and abroad. Together, these essays explore the troubled category of "woman," placing it in the specific context of a marginalized and colonized nation. Yet Korean women are not configured here merely as metaphors for an emasculated and enfantilized "homeland." They are also shown to be by-products of a problematic gender construction that originates in Korea, and extends even today to Korean communities beyond Asia. Representations of Korean women still attempt to confine them to the status of either mother or prostitute: "Dangerous Women" rectifies that construction, offering a feminist interventionthat might recuperate womanhood.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
1997-10-01
Publication Date:
1997-11-05
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0415915058
ISBN13:
9780415915052
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
697 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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