Rules of the House

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lim, Sungyun, 1977- Author.

Series:

Global Korea Series

Global Korea ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korea--History--Japanese occupation, 1910-1945.

Korea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland University of California Press 2019

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

Rules of the House examines the transformation of the Korean family during and after Japanese colonial rule. Through in-depth reading of civil litigation records, the book shows how the Japanese colonial legal system transformed Korean families from the traditional patrilineal family system into small, patriarchal households. The new domestic pattern proved remarkably durable, forming the basis of postcolonial family life. Women feature prominently in the book. Increasingly marginalized by patriarchy, women embodied the fault line between one family system as it receded and the other as it expanded under the auspices of Japanese colonial law. As a consequence, women’s rights to family property, inheritance, divorce, and adoption of heirs were frequently challenged by family members. Far from being quiet victims, these women brought their cases to the colonial courts and won a surprising number of cases. The book highlights how legal discourse about women’s rights in colonial civil courts articulated the transformation of the family.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Widows on the Margins of the Family

2. Widowed Household Heads and the New Boundary of the Family

3. Arguing for Daughters' Inheritance Rights

4. Conjugal Love and Conjugal Family on Trial

5. Consolidating the Household across the 1945 Divide

Conclusion

Chronology

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

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ISBN:

91-7635-061-4

91-7635-063-0

OCLC:

1043968579