Jaok Kwon

State, Rural Women, and Domestication in Korea (eBook, PDF)

The Aspiring Middle Class

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the dynamic interactions between the state and society during the industrialization of South Korea in the 1960s and 1970s, focusing on rural women as a marginalized social group.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040092897
• Artikelnr.: 70645070

Autorenporträt

Jaok Kwon is a research fellow in the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Her research interests include the sociology of development, labor and gender in East Asia, and transnational labor migration.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Modernization, the State, and Rural Women 1. Rural Development in the 1960s and 1970s in South Korea 2. (Re)defining Work: Rural Women in Productive and Domestic Labor 3. Family Planning, Nation Building, and Rural Motherhood 4. Rural Women as Saving Agents: The Morals of Frugality, Thriftiness, and Saving 5. State-led Rural Women's Organizations and the Making of Rural "Housewives" 6. Gendered Social Mobility Strategies and Limited Negotiation Conclusion: Gender, Class, and State-Society Relations