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Korean women in history
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Source Books
- 韓國女性關係資料集. 中世篇 Hanʼguk yŏsŏng kwanʼgye charyojip. Chungsepʻyŏn byCall Number: HQ1765.5 .H36 1983 vol.1-3.
- 韓國女性關係資料集 . 宗教篇 Hanʼguk yŏsŏng kwanʼgye charyojip. Chonggyopʻyŏn byCall Number: HQ1765.5 .H36 1993Subjects: Women and religion -- Korea -- History -- Sources; Women -- Korea -- Religious life -- Sources; Feminist theology -- History -- Sources; Women -- Korea -- Social conditions -- Sources; Domestic relations -- Korea -- History -- Sources
- 韓國女性關係資料集 . 近世篇（文集） Hanʼguk yŏsŏng kwanʼgye charyojip. Kŭnsepʻyŏn (munjip) byCall Number: HQ1765.5 .H36 1990Subjects: Women -- Korea -- History -- Sources; Women -- Korea -- Literary collections -- Sources
- 韓國女性關係資料集. 韓末女性誌 Hanʼguk yŏsŏng kwanʼgye charyojip. Hanmal yŏsŏngji byCall Number: HQ1765.5 .H36 1981Subjects: Women's periodicals, Korean
Note: Reprint of 3 women's magazines. Originally published: Yŏja chinam, 1908; Chasŏn Puinhoe chapchi, 1908; Kajŏng chapchi 1906-1907.
Books in English
- Women in Korean History byCall Number: DS905.57 .Y5 2008ISBN: 8973007726Publication Date: 2008Contents: Confucianism and women's life -- Activities and roles of Joseon women -- Diverse aspects of the life of Joseon women -- Women's life and role in war and factional struggle -- Women of the Three Kingdoms period -- Women of the Goryeo period -- Women of the Joseon period -- Women of the modern period -- Korean women as seen through historical records and sites -- Epilogue.
Korean Women's Movement and the State by ISBN: 9781317817796Publication Date: 2014Subjects: Feminism -- Korea (South); Women -- Government policy -- Korea (South); Women's rights -- Korea (South); Women -- Political activity -- Korea (South); Electronic books
Creative Women of Korea by Call Number: PL957.9 .C74 2004ISBN: 0765611899Publication Date: 2004This book introduces important contributions in the humanities by a select group of traditional and modern Korean women, from the 15th through the 20th centuries.
Watch Movies (DVD)
나의 마음은 지지 않았다 =Na ŭi maŭm ŭn chiji anatta=My heart is not broken yet (2008) This documentary profiles a former 'comfort woman' Song Sin-do's story based on her vivid memory. Also includes special comments from eight people who worked for Song Sin-do.
낮은목소리 = Najŭn moksori (2007) The documentary profiles former 'comfort women' as they protest outside the Japanese embassy.
귀로 Homebound (2012) Paralyzed from the waist down due to injuries from fighting in the Korean War, Choe Dong-u (played by Kim Jin-gyu) is sexually disabled. He becomes a novelist and uses his own marital relationship as the motif in a novel that is serialized in a newspaper. He starts each morning listening to the footsteps of his wife Lee Ji-yeon (played by Mun Jeong-suk) as she comes up the stairs carrying a bowl of medicine...
Useful Subject Headings
Diaries, Correspondences, Memoires, Interview, Travel Logs
- Doing what had to be done : the life narrative of Dora Yum Kim by Soo-Young Chin Philadelphia : Temple University Press 1999Bartle Library Stacks (E184.K6 C468 1999 )
Subjects: Korean American women -- Biography; Women social workers -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography; Korean Americans -- Services for -- California -- San Francisco; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography - 강제로끌려간조선인군위안부들 : 증언집 Kangje ro kkŭllyŏgan Chosŏnin kun wianbudŭl : chŭngŏnjipSubjects: Comfort women -- Korea -- History; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Korean; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Korea; Service, Compulsory non-military -- Japan
- Daughters of the bear : an anthology of Korean women’s stories by Maite Díez; Jennifer MathewsBartle Library Stacks (HQ1765.5 .D38 2004 )
Subjects: Women -- Korea -- Social conditions; Feminism -- Korea (South) -- History; Women -- Korea (South) -- Anecdotes - Writing selves in diaspora : ethnography of autobiographics of Korean women in Japan and the United States by Sonia RyangBartle Library Stacks (DS832.7.K6 R938 2008 )
Subjects: Koreans -- Japan; Koreans -- United States
