The politics of gender in colonial Korea : education, labor, and health, 1910-1945 / Theodore Jun Yoo.

Author/creator Yoo, Theodore Jun, 1972-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxi, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Women--Korea. --Social conditions. --20th century.
Sex role--Korea. --History. --20th century.
Korea--History. --Japanese occupation, 1910-1945.

SeriesAsia Pacific modern ; 3
Asia Pacific modern 3. ^A716787
Contents Women in Chosŏn Korea -- The "new woman" and the politics of love, marriage, and divorce in colonial Korea -- The female worker : from home to the factory -- Discoursing in numbers : the female worker and the politics of gender -- The colonized body : Korean women's sexuality and health.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-301) and index.
LCCN 2007040017
ISBN9780520252882 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520252888 (cloth : alk. paper)