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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789703903321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4384-3777-3

1-4416-9905-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KimYoungmin

PettidMichael J

Disciplina

299.5/1208209519

Soggetti

Women in Confucianism - Korea - History

Korea Social life and customs 1392-1910

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.