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OverviewAnalysing a series of narratives that described women who transformed the worlds they lived in, this book introduces students and scholars to the lives of the women of Joseon Korea 1550-1700. Exploring their interactions both at home and abroad, this book shows how the agency of these women reached far across the globe The narratives explored here appeared in a wide range of written, visual and material forms, from woodcuts and printed texts, letters, journals, and chronicles to inscriptions on monuments, and were produced by Joseon’s elite officials, grieving families, Japanese civic administrators, Jesuit missionaries, local historians of the Japanese ceramic industry, and men of the Dutch East India Company. The women whose voices, lives, and actions were presented in these texts lived during a time when Joseon Korea was undergoing substantial social, political, and cultural changes. Their works described women’s capacity to transform, in ways large and small, themselves, their families, and society around them. Interest in such women was not limited to a readership within the kingdom alone in this period but was reported across transnational networks to a global audience, from Japan to Europe, carrying messages about Korean women’s agency far and wide. Encounter, Transformation, and Agency in a Connected World: Narratives of Korean Women, 1550-1700 is essential reading for students and scholars interested in the history of Joseon Korea and Asia and the history of women in the early modern period more broadly. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan Broomhall (University of Western Australia, Australia)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.498kg ISBN: 9781032343112ISBN 10: 1032343117 Pages: 174 Publication Date: 28 July 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Introduction Dead Women Surviving Women Fervent Women Conforming Women Treasured Women Silent Women Conclusions Select Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationSusan Broomhall is the Director of the Gender and Women’s History Research Centre at the Australian Catholic University. She was a Founding Chief Investigator of the Academy of Korean Studies-funded Korea Research Centre at The University of Western Australia. She is a historian of women and gender in the early modern world, with over 20 monographs and edited collections. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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