From domestic women to sensitive young men : translating the individual in early colonial Korea /

Examines how the European notion of the individual put down its roots in Korean literature, especially through literary figures, in the early twentieth century. Using Korean literary examples, it calls into question the belief that there is only one kind of individuality transferable across cultural...

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Main Author: Yang, Yoon Sun (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, [2017]
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 405.
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Summary:Examines how the European notion of the individual put down its roots in Korean literature, especially through literary figures, in the early twentieth century. Using Korean literary examples, it calls into question the belief that there is only one kind of individuality transferable across cultural, temporal and gender boundaries.
Physical Description:xii, 211 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-202) and index.
ISBN:9780674976979
0674976975