1st Edition
Creative Women of Korea: The Fifteenth Through the Twentieth Centuries The Fifteenth Through the Twentieth Centuries
By Young-Key Kim-Renaud
Copyright 2004
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1. Introduction, Young-Key Kim-Renaud; 2. naehun (1475) and the Politics of Gender in 15th-Century Korea, John Duncan; 3. Shin Saimdang (1504-1551): The Foremost Woman Painter of the Choson Dynasty, Yi Song-mi; 4. HoNansorhon (1563-1589) and 'Shakespeare's Sister', Kichung Kim; 5. Demythologizing Hwang Chini (1502-?), Kevin O'Rourke; 6. Private Memory and Public History: The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong (1735-1815) and Testimonial Literature, JaHyun Kim Haboush; 7. Kyubang kasa: Women's Writings from the Late Choson, Sonja HauBler; 8. A Celebration of Life: Patchwork and Embroidered pojag i by Unknown Korean Women, Kumja Paik Kim; 9. Kim Iryop's (1896-1971) Conflicting Worlds, Bonnie B. C. Oh; 10. Dialectics of Life: Hahn Moo-Sook (1918-93) and Her Literary World, Yung-Hee Kim; Glossary; Index
Biography
Young-Key Kim-Renaud
