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Author:   Youna Kim (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK) ,  Political Scien School of Economics & ,  Youna Kim
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9780415546683

ISBN 10:   0415546680
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   15 April 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Part 1: General Issues 1. Women, Television and Everyday Life 1.1 Western Literature 1.2 Korean Literature 2. The Socio-Economic Position of Women in Korea 2.1 Confucianism 2.2 Education 2.3 Work 2.4 Marriage and Family 2.5 Sexuality 3. The Body, TV Talk and Emotion 3.1 A Normative Ideal of the Body: Who Could be There? 3.2 TV Talk as a Method 3.3 Emotion as an Effect Part 2: Working Class Women 4. Living in the Traditional Way 4.1 Misery of Everyday Life: TV, Gender and Emotion 4.2 Power of Everyday Life: Son as a Tactic 4.3 Reading Against Primetime Feminism 4.4 TV Realism and Identification 4.5 Reinvigorating Tradition 5. Coping and Adapting: Family Life in Transition 5.1 TV Rituals, Security and Intimacy 5.2 TV and Childcare: ""I Try Not to Watch TV Because of the Child"" 5.3 Fantasy of Dominance 5.4 A-ha! Emotion: Reading the Popular 6. Yearning for Change: The Younger Generation 6.1 Work, Marriage and Feminism 6.2 Representation of Women on Korean Television: ""It’s Always Killing Smart Women"" 6.3 Play in the Global Telecity: ""TV is My Best Friend"" 6.4 Representation of the West in the Korean Imagination 6.5 Yearning for Free Choice, Social Mobility and Change 6.6 Rejecting Western Sexuality Part 3: The Middle Class 7. Older Women in Control: Power and Domesticity 7.1 TV, Emotion and Shifting Power: ""Now it’s Women’s Times!"" 7.2 Middle-Class Leisure and Television 7.3 TV Reflexivity: Women’s Work and Childcare 7.4 Family, TV and Moral Discourse 8. Professional Young Mothers: The Care of the Self 8.1 Unavailability of Husband, TV and Childcare 8.2 Child Education and Professionalization of Motherhood 8.3 Escape into Romance: ""I Will Be Always There For You"" 9. Becoming an Individual: Life-Style and Life Choices 9.1 Employment and Uncertainty: Whose Individualization? 9.2 A Return to Pleasure: Entertainment and Hope 9.3 Talking Back to The West: But Who Will Listen? Part 4: Journeys of Hope 10. Conclusion 10.1 Reflexivity at Work 10.2 Class, Generation and Reflexivity 10.3 Tradition/Morality/Family/Nation (Women in their 50s) 10.4 Transition/Negotiation/Intimacy/Emotion (Women in their 30s) 10.5 Openness/Play/Imagination/Freedom (Women in their 20s) 10.6 The Tradition-/The Inner-/The Other-Directed Culture of Everyday Life. Appendix: List of Interviewees"

Reviews

'In this interesting book, Youna Kim investigates the impact of television on the everyday lives and identities of South Korean women.' - Political Studies Review 'Women, Television and Everyday Life in Korea is illuminating, demonstrating that identities are fluid, personal, multiple and subject to change in women today. The book is easily readable, enjoyable and well-organised.' - Media, Culture and Society 'The book will no doubt contribute to paving the way for more research on, and theoretical approaches to, understanding the social world of Korean women and their everyday lives.'- Media, Culture and Society

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Youna Kim is Lecturer in Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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