Women and Confucianism in Choson Korea : new perspectives / edited by Youngmin Kim and Michael J. Pettid.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kim, Youngmin.

Pettid, Michael J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in Confucianism--Korea--History.

Women in Confucianism.

Korea--Social life and customs--1392-1910.

Korea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A new, multifaceted look at Korean women during a period of strong Confucian ideology.

Contents:

Portrait of two women : multiple layers of "Confucianism" in late Chosŏn Korea / Youngmin Kim

The life of the exemplar wife Lady Chang of Andong : examined in a historical context / Lee Soongu

Confucian educational works for upper status women in Chosŏn Korea / Michael J. Pettid

Neo-Confucianism as free-floating resource : Im Yunjidang and Kang Chongildang as two female neo-Confucian philosophers in late Chosŏn / Youngmin Kim

The rights of the eldest daughter-in-law and strengthening of adoption of lineage heirs in the mid-Chosŏn period / Lee Soongu

Questions concerning widows' social status and remarriage in late Chosŏn / Jung Ji-Young

Devalued bodies, revalued status : Confucianism and the plight of female slaves in late Chosŏn Korea / Milan Hejtmanek.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-3777-3

1-4416-9905-8

OCLC:

767670651