The making of modern subjects : Public discourses on Korean female spectators in the early twentieth century /

Under Japanese colonial rule in the early 20th century, Korean women began to expand their realm from the domestic to the public sphere. Sung Un Gang examines how the women's gaze was reimagined in public discourse as they began attending plays and movies, and investigates the complex negotiati...

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Main Author: Gang, Sung Un
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag 2024.
Series:Gender, Diversity and Culture in History and Politics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Under Japanese colonial rule in the early 20th century, Korean women began to expand their realm from the domestic to the public sphere. Sung Un Gang examines how the women's gaze was reimagined in public discourse as they began attending plays and movies, and investigates the complex negotiation process surrounding women's public presence. As the first extensive study of Korean female spectators of the colonial era, it analyses newspapers, magazines, fictions, and images and argues that public discourse aimed to mold them into a male-driven and top-down modernization project. This study reconceptualizes colonial Korean female spectators as diverse active agents with their own politics.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages)
ISBN:9783839469293
3839469295