The “New Woman” and the Politics of Love, Marriage, and Divorce in Colonial Korea

Yoo, Theodore Jun

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“…11 These cultural and socioeconomic forces increased women's labor force participation in the modern sector and as in China led to a weakening of the neo-Confucian tradition of women as “virtuous and obedient “and to the adoption, by many women, of the styles, dress, and behavior of the images portrayed in pictures of the Western women. As in China, this new ”modern girl” image was met by resistance both from traditional forces and from many intellectuals who viewed these behaviors as mindless adoption of irresponsible Western practices and a deflection from the goal of creating professional workers and modern, prudent housewives (See Yoo 2005,2008; Sato 2003 for more detail of these developments and conflicts).…”

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The Decline of Smoking Among Female Birth Cohorts in China in the 20th Century: A Case of Arrested Diffusion?

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Lowry

2012

Popul Res Policy Rev

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The smoking prevalence by age of women in China is distinct from most other countries in showing more frequent smoking among older women than younger. Using newly developed birth cohort histories of smoking, the authors demonstrate that although over one quarter of women born 1908–1912 smoked, levels of smoking declined across successive cohorts. This occurred despite high rates of smoking by men and the wide availability of cigarettes. The analysis shows how this pattern is counter to that predicted by the leading theoretical perspectives on the diffusion of smoking and suggests that it arose out of a mix of Confucian traditions relating to gender and the socio-economic and political events early in the 20th century which placed emerging women's identities in conflict with national identities. That a similar pattern of smoking is evident in Japan and Korea, two countries with strong cultural affinities to China, is used to buttress the argument.

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Section: Japan and Koreamentioning

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The Decline of Smoking Among Female Birth Cohorts in China in the 20th Century: A Case of Arrested Diffusion?

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Lowry

2012

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“…18 But as scholars So Hyŏnsuk and Theodore Yoo have already observed, the prevailing discourse on birth control in colonial Korea was not about women's selfdetermination or liberation. (So 2000 andYoo 2005) Rather, it was about reproducing (or not) for the sake of society, the nation, or empire. Among Korean reformers, reducing the number of births was overwhelmingly deemed beneficial to colonial Korean society.…”

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“Limiting Birth”: Birth Control in Colonial Korea (1910–1945)

Kim¹

2008

East Asian Science

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This article examines birth control as practice and discourse in 1920s and 1930s Korea under Japanese colonial rule and explores links with family planning and reproductive practices in post-1945 South Korea. The control of women's reproduction held critical implications for meanings of domesticity, marriage, sexual relations, and new womanhood. While a woman-centered position did emerge regarding birth control, the parameters of the discourse, concerns of gynecology, and the material culture of birth control ultimately tied the bodies and health of women to their biological and social roles as mothers.Abstract 본고는 식민지하 조선, 특히 1920, 30년대에 출현했던 산아제한의

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The “New Woman” and the Politics of Love, Marriage, and Divorce in Colonial Korea

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The Decline of Smoking Among Female Birth Cohorts in China in the 20th Century: A Case of Arrested Diffusion?

The Decline of Smoking Among Female Birth Cohorts in China in the 20th Century: A Case of Arrested Diffusion?

“Limiting Birth”: Birth Control in Colonial Korea (1910–1945)

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