The emotions of justice : gender, status, and legal performance in Chosŏn Korea / Jisoo M. Kim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Jisoo M., author.

Series:

Korean studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Korea--History.

Law.

Women--Legal status, laws, etc.

History.

Korea--History--Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910.

Korea.

Women--Legal status, laws, etc--Korea--History.

Women.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 221 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2015]

Summary:

"The Chosŏn State (1392-1910) is typically portrayed as a rigid society because of its hereditary status system, slavery, and Confucian gender norms. However, The Emotions of Justice reveals a surprisingly complex picture of a judicial system that operated in a contradictory fashion by discriminating against subjects while simultaneously minimizing such discrimination. Jisoo Kim contends that the state's recognition of wŏn, or the sense of being wronged, permitted subjects of different genders or statuses to interact in the legal realm and in doing so illuminates the intersection of law, emotions, and gender in premodern Korea"--From publisher's website.

Contents:

The Confucian state, law, and emotions

Gender, writing, and legal performance

Women's grievances and their gendered narrative of wŏn

Seeking vindication or begging pardon on behalf of the living

In search of justice on behalf of the dead.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-207) and index.

ISBN:

9780295995038

0295995033

OCLC:

907447765