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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787406203321

Titolo

Creative women of Korea : the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries / / Young-Key Kim-Renaud, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-317-47365-5

0-7656-1188-0

1-317-47366-3

1-315-70537-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

East Gate Book

Altri autori (Persone)

Kim-RenaudYoung-Key

Disciplina

895.7/0099287

Soggetti

Women authors, Korean

Women and literature - Korea - History

Women artists - Korea

Creative ability - Korea

Women - Korea - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An East Gate Book."

First published 2004 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Naehun and the Politics of Gender in Fifteenth-Century Korea""; ""3. Sin Saimdang: The Foremost Woman Painter of the ChosÅ?n Dynasty""; ""4. HÅ? NansÅ?rhÅ?n and ""Shakespeare's Sister""""; ""5. Demythologizing Hwang Chini""; ""6. Private Memory and Public History: The Memoirs of Lady HyegyÅ?ng and Testimonial Literature""; ""7. Kyubang Kasa: Women's Writings from the Late ChosÅ?n""

""8. A Celebration of Life: Patchwork and Embroidered Pojagi by Unknown Korean Women""""9. Kim IryÅ?p's Conflicting Worlds""; ""10. Dialectics of Life: Hahn Moo-Sook and Her Literary World""; ""Glossary""; ""The Editor and Contributors""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

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 meant only to circulate among women, these creative expressions have caught the attention of literary and artistic connoisseurs. By bringing them to light, the book seeks to demonstrate how Korean wome