Gender and Mission Encounters in Korea - New Women, Old Ways: Seoul California Series in Korean Studies,

Hyaeweol Choi is Associate Professor of Korean Studies at Arizona State University. “Pathbreaking. Approaches the transcultural and religious encounters of Korean and American women with a remarkable degree of sensitivity and nuance, as well as with judicious use of feminist and postcolonial theory. Its rich and diverse historical examples and illustrations are both engaging to read and meticulously documented.”—Namhee Lee, UCLA Zusammenfassung Traces the genealogy of modern womanhood in the encounters between Koreans and American Protestant missionaries in the early twentieth century, during Korea's colonization by Japan. This book presents an historically specific, textured analysis that sheds light on the interplay between local and global politics of gender and modernity.

Product details

• Authors: Hyaeweol Choi, Choi Hyaeweol
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2009
• EAN: 9780520098695
• ISBN: 978-0-520-09869-5
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Global, Area, and Internationa; Global, Area, and Internationa; Seoul-California Series in Korean Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Korea, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Women, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, HISTORY / Asia / Korea, Christian mission & evangelism, Christianity, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Religious mission and Religious Conversion