Questioning Minds : : Short Stories by Modern Korean Women Writers.

Available for the first time in English, the ten short stories by modern Korean women collected here touch in one way or another on issues related to gender and kinship politics. All of the protagonists are women who face personal crises or defining moments in their lives as gender-marked beings in...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Hawai'i Studies on Korea
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 10 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Traditions in Modern Korean Women's Fiction Writing, by Yung-Hee Kim
  • 1. Kim Myŏng-sun: A Girl of Mystery (1917)
  • 2. Na Hye-sŏk: Kyŏnghŭi (1918)
  • 3. Kim Wŏn-ju: Awakening (1926)
  • 4. Han Mu-suk: Hydrangeas (1949)
  • 5. Kang Sin-jae: The Mist (1950)
  • 6. Song Wŏn-hŭi: When Autumn Leaves Fall (1961)
  • 7. Yi Sun: A Dish of Sliced Raw Fish (1979)
  • 8. Yi Sŏk-pong: The Light at Dawn (1985)
  • 9. Ch'Oe Yun: Stone in Your Heart (1992)
  • 10. Pak Wan-sŏ: Dried Flowers (1995)
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index