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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Women, Resistance and the Divided Nation: The Romantic Rhetoric of Korean Reunification
Beteiligte:
Jager, Sheila Miyoshi
Erschienen:
The Association for Asian Studies, Inc., 1996
Erschienen in:
The Journal of Asian Studies, 55 (1996) 1, Seite 3-21
Sprache:
Englisch
ISSN:
1752-0401;
0021-9118
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Beschreibung:
S. MIYOSHI JAGER explores the genealogy and constructs of South Korea's dissident reunification discourse by locating it in the broader context of chuch'eron (the doctrine of self-reliance) and the rhetoric developed in the colonial period. She argues that this discourse, as espoused by the current student movement, centers on the familiar figure of the idealized, virtuous woman. This idealization portrays a traditional (Confucian) image of woman as lonely or anguished because of her separation from loved ones, but always virtuous and steadfast in the face of tremendous adversity. The idealized image of woman as embodying the essential identity of Korean national culture was upheld to oppose division of the country and to prevent its contamination by "western" values. In developing a rhetorical stance against division, the "romantic rhetoric of Korean reunification" appropriated the "woman's question as a way of addressing the perceived crisis of Korean self-identity." Thus, nationalism and sexuality merged in the discourse of Korean reunification.