Women and Confucianism in Chosǒn Korea
Title | Women and Confucianism in Chosǒn Korea PDF eBook |
Author | Youngmin Kim |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 2011-11-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1438437773 |
This volume offers a fresh, multifaceted exploration of women and Confucianism in mid- to late-Chosoán Korea (mid-sixteenth to early twentieth century). Using primary sources and perspectives from social history, intellectual history, literature, and political thought, contributors challenge unitary views of Confucianism as a system of thought, of women as a group, and of the relationship between the two. Much earlier scholarship has focused on how women were oppressed under the strict patriarchal systems that emerged as Confucianism became the dominant social ideology during the Chosoán dynasty (1392–1910). Contributors to this volume bring to light the varied ways that diverse women actually lived during this era, from elite yangban women to women who were enslaved. Women are shown to have used various strategies to seek status, economic rights, and more comfortable spaces, with some women even emerging as Confucian intellectuals and exemplars.
Women and Confucianism in Choson Korea
Title | Women and Confucianism in Choson Korea PDF eBook |
Author | Youngmin Kim |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 2011-11-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1438437757 |
A new, multifaceted look at Korean women during a period of strong Confucian ideology.
Women and Confucian Cultures in Premodern China, Korea, and Japan
Title | Women and Confucian Cultures in Premodern China, Korea, and Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Dorothy Ko |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Confucianism |
ISBN | 0520231058 |
This book rewrites the history of East Asia by rethinking the contentious relationship between "Confucianisms" and "women."
The Confucian Transformation of Korea
Title | The Confucian Transformation of Korea PDF eBook |
Author | Martina Deuchler |
Publisher | Harvard Univ Asia Center |
Pages | 460 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780674160897 |
This important new study explores the impact of Neo-Confucianism on Korean society and politics between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The Confucian Transformation of Korea
Title | The Confucian Transformation of Korea PDF eBook |
Author | Martina Deuchler |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 2020-10-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 168417015X |
Legislation to change Korean society along Confucian lines began at the founding of the Chosŏn dynasty in 1392 and had apparently achieved its purpose by the mid seventeenth century. Until this important new study, however, the nature of Koryŏ society, the stresses induced by the new legislation, and society’s resistance to the Neo-Confucian changes imposed by the Chosŏn elite have remained largely unexplored. To explain which aspects of life in Koryŏ came under attack and why, Martina Deuchler draws on social anthropology to examine ancestor worship, mourning, inheritance, marriage, the position of women, and the formation of descent groups. To examine how Neo-Confucian ideology could become an effective instrument for altering basic aspects of Koryŏ life, she traces shifts in political and social power as well as the cumulative effect of changes over time. What emerges is a subtle analysis of Chosŏn Korean social and ideological history.
Confucian Governance and Women's Rights
Title | Confucian Governance and Women's Rights PDF eBook |
Author | Joshua Wayne Eckman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Confucianism |
ISBN |
Creative Women of Korea: The Fifteenth Through the Twentieth Centuries
Title | Creative Women of Korea: The Fifteenth Through the Twentieth Centuries PDF eBook |
Author | Young-Key Kim-Renaud |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2015-02-24 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1317473655 |
This book introduces important contributions in the humanities by a select group of traditional and modern Korean women, from the 15th through the 20th centuries. The literary and artistic works of these women are considered Korean classics, and the featured artists and writers range from a queen, to a courtesan, to a Buddhist nun, to unknown women of Korea. Although women's works were generally meant only to circulate among women, these creative expressions have caught the attention of literary and artistic connoisseurs. By bringing them to light, the book seeks to demonstrate how Korean women have tried to give their lives meaning over the ages through their very diverse, yet common artistic responses to the details and drama of everyday life in Confucian Korea. The stories of these women and their work give us glimpses of their personal views on culture, aesthetics, history, society, politics, morality, and more.