North Korean Women and Defection : Human Rights Violations and Activism /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol :
Bristol University Press,
2024.
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| Series: | Gender and sociology.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- Series page
- North Korean Women and Defection: Human Rights Violations and Activism
- Copyright information
- Table of Contents
- Series Editors' Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- The DPRK since 1994
- Refugees and asylum seekers in the global context
- Hostile treatment of forced migrants
- Everyday bordering
- Gendered and racialized bordering
- Justice for North Korean female forced migrants
- DPRK human rights debates
- North Korean women's human rights activism
- Meanings of activism and human rights activists
- North Korean defector activism and reactions from the Kim Jong Un regime
- Structure of the book
- Notes
- References
- 2 Researching North Korean Women's Human Rights: Methodological Considerations
- Introduction
- Phenomenological understanding
- Intersubjectivity in phenomenology
- Phenomenology and the life history
- The power of storytelling
- Feminist approach
- Accessing and recruiting participants
- Data analysis
- Ethical challenges
- Challenges faced by a South Korean academic researching North Korean defectors' stories
- Insider and outsider
- Question of authenticity and truth
- Conclusion
- Note
- References
- 3 Cycle of Oppression: Violations of Human Rights against North Korean Women
- Introduction
- Human rights abuses inside North Korea
- Human rights abuses outside North Korea
- Human rights abuses during and after repatriation
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 4 North Korean Women's Human Rights Activism
- Introduction
- Changing subjectivities: from invisible 'victims'1 to activists
- Critical awareness as a starting point
- Sharing stories as an act of resistance
- A sense of responsibility towards others
- Connections with the lead activist
- A sense of guilt stemming from collective conscience
- Challenges of activism
- Deep pain and desire to forget the past
- Fear
- Finance
- Language barriers
- Tactics and strategies
- Learning English
- Studying and educating oneself continuously
- Building networks
- Looking to the future
- Significance of North Korean women's rights and the voices of defector activists
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 5 Altruistic Political Imagination
- Imagination
- Imagination, will and wilfulness
- Imagination, intersubjectivity and moral ethics
- Altruistic Political Imagination
- Conclusion
- References
- 6 Conclusion
- North Korean women's human rights
- Defector human rights activism
- Impact of human rights activism
- Limitations
- Recommendations
- References
- Index