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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 895.7/0099287; 895.70099287
• Soggetto topico: Women authors, Korean; Women and literature - Korea - History; Women artists - Korea; Creative ability - Korea; Women - Korea - History
• Altri autori: Kim-RenaudYoung-Key
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Creative women of Korea
• ISBN: 1-317-47365-5; 0-7656-1188-0; 1-317-47366-3; 1-315-70537-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828841403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II