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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/women-on-the-margin-of-choson-
 korea-differences-hierarchy-and-paradoxes/
SUMMARY:Women on the Margin of Chosǒn Korea: Differences\, Hierarchy\, an
 d Paradoxes
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored with the Korea Institute\n\nThis talk sheds light 
 on the colorful traces of widows (寡婦)\, concubines (妾)\, single wome
 n (獨女)\, and Buddhist nuns (女僧) who crossed normative boundaries i
 n Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910). Since the 1960s\, two opposing perceptions 
 of Chosǒn women have emerged during the modernization period. On the one 
 hand\, some scholars and popular media established the stereotypical image
  of the passive “Chosǒn woman(李朝女人)\,” depicting them as “v
 ictims” of Confucian oppression. On the other hand\, a counter-narrative
  arose that portrayed these women as “active subjects.” Despite their 
 contrasting positions\, both arguments ultimately share the same problem i
 n that they hold a monolithic view of Chosŏn women. Departing from these 
 previous approaches\, I offer multilayered readings of the heterogeneous C
 hosǒn women. I explore how these women were included\, excluded\, and hie
 rarchized within the dominant discourses of their time\, exposing the inhe
 rent paradoxes. I raise the following questions: Who are we referring to w
 hen we speak of Chosǒn women? In other words\, who are encompassed within
  the category of Chosǒn women? When and why was the image of the specific
  “Chosǒn woman” invented\, and how was it utilized in the process of 
 modernization? By addressing these questions\, I aim to deconstruct the en
 tangled gender politics of the developmental state of Korea\, which employ
 ed the image of the “Chosǒn woman\,” and to dismantle the fantasy of 
 female normality that still operates in contemporary perceptions.
CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
LOCATION:Common Room (#136)\, 2 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, United S
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