Factory girl literature: sexuality, violence, and representation in industrializing Korea

"As millions of women and girls left country towns to generate Korea’s manufacturing boom, the factory girl emerged as an archetypal figure in twentieth-century popular culture. This book explores the factory girl in Korean literature from the 1920s to the 1990s, showing the complex ways in whi...

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1. Verfasser: Barraclough, Ruth (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; London University of California Press [2012]
Schriftenreihe:The Seoul-California series in Korean studies 4
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Zusammenfassung:"As millions of women and girls left country towns to generate Korea’s manufacturing boom, the factory girl emerged as an archetypal figure in twentieth-century popular culture. This book explores the factory girl in Korean literature from the 1920s to the 1990s, showing the complex ways in which she has embodied the sexual and class violence of industrial life." --
Introduction: sexuality, violence, literature -- The invention of the factory girl -- Tales of seduction -- The road to Seoul -- Slum romance -- Girl love and suicide -- Epilogue
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 165-176
Beschreibung:x, 186 Seiten 23 cm
ISBN:9780520289765
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