Wrongful deaths : : selected inquest records from nineteenth-century Korea / / compiled and translated by Sun Joo Kim and Jungwon Kim.

• Author: Kim, Sun Joo, 1962-
• TeilnehmendeR: Kim, Jungwon.
• Place / Publishing House: Seattle : : University of Washington Press,, [2014]; 2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Korean studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 pages) :; map.

"This collection presents and analyzes inquest records that tell the stories of ordinary Korean people under the Choson court (1392-1910). Extending the study of this period, usually limited to elites, into the realm of everyday life, each inquest record includes a detailed postmortem examination and features testimony from everyone directly or indirectly related to the incident. The result is an amazingly vivid, colloquial account of the vibrant, multifaceted societal and legal cultures of early modern Korea. Sun Joo Kim is the Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History at Harvard University. Jungwon Kim is assistant professor of Korean history at Columbia University; 'This book provides an extremely rare view into social interactions among people of quite different classes in Choson Korea. Points of interest abound'--Robert E. Hegel, Washington University, St. Louis; 'This is an important contribution that significantly advances our knowledge of nineteenth-century Korean legal history. The translated cases shine by being able to introduce daily struggles of non-elites and illustrate the complex dynamics of the judiciary system during the last century of the Choson dynasty'--Jisoo Kim, George Washington University"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Map of Nineteenth-Century Korea -- Introduction: Choson Korea in Its Last Century -- Case 1: An Adulterous Widower Meets a Violent Death, Yang Hang-nyon (P'yongyang, P'yongan Province, 1866) -- Case 2: A Family Activist Confronts a Local Magnate, Ms. Pak (Yongin, Kyonggi Province, Late Eighteenth Century) -- Case 3: A Defiant Slave Challenges His Master with Death, Yi Pong-dol (Anoi, Kyongsang Province, 1842) -- Case 4: Two Widows Fight, Madam Chang and Ms. On (Yech'on, Kyongsang Province, 1842) -- Case 5: A Heartless Wet Nurse Abuses an Infant, Mun Chong-ji (Chunghwa, P'yongan Province, 1866) -- Case 6: A Widower Seeks Private Settlement, Ms. Chong (Yongchon, Kyongsang Province, 1889) -- Case 7: Adultery Leads to Murder, Ms. Paek (Anak, Hwanghae Province, 1897) -- Case 8: An Illegal Burial Begets a Son but Kills a Relative, Kim Kap-san (Hoeyang, Kangwon Province, 1899) -- Glossary.