Korean History: A Bibliography
Compiled by Kenneth R. Robinson
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Chai, Alice Yun. "Asian-Pacific Feminist Coalition Politics: The Chongshindae / Jugunianfu ("Comfort Women") Movement." Korean Studies 17 (1993): 67-91.

Chang, Sa-hun. "Women Entertainers of the Yi Dynasty." In Women of the Yi Dynasty. Seoul: Research Center for Asian Women, Sookmyung Women's University, 1986.

Chang, Yunshik. "Women in a Confucian Society: The Case of Chosun Dynasty Korea (1392-1910)." Asian and Pacific Quarterly of Cultural and Social Affairs 14:2 (Summer 1982): 24-42.

Chang, Yunshik. "Women in a Confucian Society: The Case of Chosun Dynasty Korea." In Eui-Young Yu and Earl H. Phillips, eds. Traditional Thought and Practices in Korea. Los Angeles: Center for Korean-American and Korean Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, 1988.

Cheon, Se-hyung. "The New Cultural Movement for Korean Women: Women's Studies in the Early 1920s." In The Research Institute of Asian Women, ed. Korean Women and Culture. Seoul: The Research Institute of Asian Women, 1998.

Cherry, Judith. "Korean Women's Legal Status: Tradition and Change." In Daniel Bouchez, Robert C. Provine, and Roderick Whitfield, eds. Twenty Papers on Korean Studies Offered to Professor W.E. Skillend. Paris: Centre d'Etudes Coreennes, College de France, 1989. [Cahiers d'Etudes Coreennes 5 (1989)]

Cho, Hae-joang. "Korean Women and Their Experiences in the Traditional World." In The Research Institute of Asian Women, ed. Korean Women and Culture. Seoul: The Research Institute of Asian Women, 1998.

Cho, Kyung-won. "A Critical Examination of the Confucian View of Women's Education." Korean Social Science Journal 16 (1990): 94-104.

Cho, Kyung-won. "An Examination of the Confucian View of Women's Education in Korea." East West Education 11 (Spring 1990): 67-75.

Choi, Hyaeweol. "Women's Literacy and New Womanhood in Late Choson Korea." Asian Journal of Women's Studies 6:1 (2000): 88-115.

Choi, Sook-kyung. "Formation of Women's Movements in Korea: From the Enlightenment Period to 1910." Korea Journal 25:1 (January 1985): 4-15.

Choi, Sook-kyung. "Formation of Women's Movement in Korea: From the Enlightenment Period to 1910." In Sei-Wha Chung, ed. Challenges for Women: Women's Studies in Korea. Seoul: Ewha Womans University Press, 1986.

D’Urso, Vincenza. “A Preliminary Study of the Kinyo Institution in Choson Korea and Beyond: From Women Artists to Despised Entertainers?” In Sang-Oak Lee and Gregory K. Iverson, with Sang-Cheol Ahn and Young-mee Yu Cho, eds. Pathways into Korean Language and Culture: Essays in Honor of Young-Key Kim-Renaud. Seoul: Pagijong Press, 2002.

Deuchler, Martina. "The Tradition: Women during the Yi Dynasty." In Sandra Mattielli, ed. Virtues in Conflict: Tradition and Korean Women Today. Seoul: The Samhwa Publishing Co., Ltd., for the Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch, 1977.

Duncan, John. “The Naehun and the Politics of Gender in Fifteenth-Century.” In Young-Key Kim-Renaud, ed. Creative Women of Korea: The Fifteenth Through the Twentieth Centuries. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2004.

Harvey, Youngsook Kim. "Appendix B: Women and Family in Traditional Korea." In Youngsook Kim Harvey. Six Korean Women: The Socialization of Shamans. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., 1979.

Hogarth, Hyun-key Kim. "The Widow's Suicide in Pre-Modern Korean Society." Korea Journal 36:2 (Summer 1996): 33-48.

Hwang, Ji-Yun, Chol Shin, Edward A. Frongillo, Kyung Rim Shin, and Inho Jo. “Secular Trend in Age at Menarche for South Korean Women Born between 1920 and 1986: The Ansan Study.” Annals of Human Biology 30:4 (July-August 2003): 434-442.

Hyun, Theresa. Writing Women in Korea: Translation and Feminism in the Colonial Period. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2003.

Kang, Ku-jin. "Abortion in Korea." Korea Journal 21:7 (July 1981): 20-25.

Kim, Chi-yong. "Women's Life in the Yi Dynasty as Reflected in Naehun." In Women of the Yi Dynasty. Seoul: Research Center for Asian Women, Sookmyung Women's University, 1986.

Kim, Chongsuk. “Clothing and Customs of Korean Women during the Yi Dynasty.” Sogang taehak nonmunjip 27 (1991:3): 203-223.

Kim, Chu-su. "The Legal Position of Korean Women." In Modernization and Its Impact Upon Korean Law. Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Center for Korean Studies, 1981.

Kim, Dong-uk. "Women's Clothing in the Middle and Last Periods of the Yi Dynasty." In Women of the Yi Dynasty. Seoul: Research Center for Asian Women, Sookmyung Women's University, 1986.

Kim, Doo-hun. "Historical Review of Korean Family System." Korea Journal 3:10 (October 1963): 4-9, 32.

Kim, Doo-jong. "Study of the System of Women Doctors in the Yi Dynasty." In Women of the Yi Dynasty. Seoul: Research Center for Asian Women, Sookmyung Women's University, 1986.

Kim, Grace Ji-Sun. “Oppression and Han: Korean Women’s Historical Context.” Journal of Asian and Asian American Theology 3:1 (Spring 1999): 55-70.

Kim, Jaein, Aigyung Yang, Hyunran Huh, and Hyeonok Yoo. “A Study on the History of Women’s Education in Korea.” Women’s Studies Forum 18 (2000): 45-65.

Kim, Jin Myung. "Patriarchal Discourse and Female Oppression: An Analytic Approach to Naehun and Saryepyollam." Asian Women 1 (1995): 163-181.

Kim, Joo-youn. "Shift of Women's Attitude toward Sex in Light of Social Changes." In The Research Institute of Asian Women, ed. Korean Women and Culture. Seoul: The Research Institute of Asian Women, 1998.

Kim, Ok-Hy. "Women in the History of Catholicism in Korea." Korea Journal 24:8 (August 1984): 28-40.

Kim, Ok-yol. "The Social Position of Women in Traditional Society." In Introduction to Korean Studies. Seoul: The National Academy of Sciences, 1986.

Kim, Wonhong. “A Study on the Voting Behavior of Korean Women after Independence.” Women’s Studies Forum 18 (2002): 25-43.

Kim, Yong-duk. "A Study of Woman's Faithfulness." In Women of the Yi Dynasty. Seoul: Research Center for Asian Women, Sookmyung Women's University, 1986.

Kim, Yung-Chung, ed. and tr. Women of Korea: A History from Ancient Times to 1945. Seoul: Ewha Womans University Press, 1976.

Kim, Yung-Chung. "Women's Movement in Modern Korea." In Sei-Wha Chung, ed. Challenges for Women: Women's Studies in Korea. Seoul: Ewha Womans University Press, 1986.

Kim, Yung-hee. "In the Labyrinth of Visions: The Rise and Development of Feminist Consciousness in Modern Korea, 1880-1910." Papers in Comparative Studies 7 (1991-1992): 183-204.

Kim, Yung-hee. "Women's Issues in 1920s Korea." Korean Culture 15:2 (Summer 1994): 26-33.

Kim, Yung-hee. "Under the Mandate of Nationalism: Development of Feminist Enterprises in Modern Korea." Journal of Women's History 7:4 (Winter 1995): 120-146.

Kim-Renaud, Young-Key, ed. Creative Women of Korea: The Fifteenth Through the Twentieth Centuries. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2004.

Koh, Hesung Chun. "Yi Dynasty Korean Women in the Public Domain: A New Perspective on Social Stratification." Social Science Journal 3 (1975): 8-19.

Koh, Hesung Chun. "Women's Roles and Achievements in the Yi Dynasty." In Eui-Young Yu and Earl H. Phillips, eds. Korean Women in Transition: At Home and Abroad. Los Angeles: Center for Korean-American and Korean Studies, California State University, Los Angeles, 1987.

Koh, Hesung Chun. "Women's Contributions to Korean Culture." Korean Culture 8:3 (Fall 1987): 34-43.

Kwon, Insook. “’The New Women’s Movement’ in 1920s Korea: Rethinking the Relationship between Imperialism and Women.” Gender and History 10:3 (November 1998): 381-405.

Lee, Byong Won. "Evolution of the Role and Status of Korean Professional Female Entertainers (Kisaeng)." World of Music 21:2 (1979): 75-81.

Lee, Eul-hwan. "A Study on the Conception of Language Ethics of Yi Dynasty Women." In Women of the Yi Dynasty. Seoul: Research Center for Asian Women, Sookmyung Women's University, 1986.

Lee, In-ho. "Women's Liberation in Korea." Korea Journal 17:7 (July 1977): 4-11.

Lee, Ji-Eun. “Sinyosong and the Rise and Fall of New Women.” In Select Papers of the Korean Studies Graduate Student Conference 2002, volume 2. Cambridge, MA: Korea Institute, Harvard University, 2003.

Lee, Kyu Hwan. "Early Status of Women's Education in Korea." Koreana Quarterly 5:3 (Autumn 1963): 121-137.

Lee, Tai-Yung. "The Legal Status of Korean Women." In International Cultural Foundation, ed. Legal System of Korea. Seoul: The Si-sa-yong-o-sa Publishers, Inc., 1982.

Lie, John. "The Transformation of Sexual Work in 20th-century Korea." Gender and Society 9:3 (June 1995): 310-327.

Molony, Barbara. “Frameworks of Gender: Feminism and Nationalism in Twentieth-Century Asia.” In Teresa A. Meade and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, eds. A Companion to Gender History. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004.

Nahm, Andrew Changwoo. "Korean Women's Modernization Movement, 1896-1945." In Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Asian Studies, volume 2. Hong Kong: Asian Research Service, 1989.

Nyitray, Vivian-Lee. “Confucian Complexities: China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.” In Teresa A. Meade and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, eds. A Companion to Gender History. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004.

Oh, Bonnie B. "From Three Obediences to Patriotism and Nationalism: Women's Status in Korea to 1945." Korea Journal 22:7 (July 1982): 37-55.

Palley, Marian Lief. "Women's Status in South Korea: Tradition and Change." Asian Survey 30:12 (December 1990): 1136-1153.

Park, Hyun Ok. "Ideals of Liberation: Korean Women in Manchuria." In Elaine H. Kim and Chungmoo Choi, eds. Dangerous Women: Gender and Korean Nationalism. New York: Routledge, 1998.

Park, Jihang. "Trailblazers in a Traditional World: Korea's First Women College Graduates, 1910-1945." Social Science History 14:4 (Winter 1990): 533-558.

Park, Kyeyoung. "The Unspeakable Experiences of Korean Women under Japanese Rule." Whittier Law Review 21:3 (2000): 567-620.

Park, Kyung Ae. "Women and Revolution in North Korea." Pacific Affairs 65:4 (Winter 1992-93): 527-545.

Park, Sunae, Patricia Campbell Warner, and Thomas K. Fitzgerald. "The Process of Westernization: Adoption of Western-Style Dress by Korean Women, 1945-1962." Clothing and Textile Research Journal 11:3 (Spring 1993): 39-47.

Park, Whasung and Choi Junghee. The Heroines of Korea. Seoul: Omungak Publishing Company, 1965.

Park, Yong-Ock. "The Women's Modernization Movement in Korea." In Sandra Mattielli, ed. Virtues in Conflict: Tradition and the Korean Woman Today. Seoul: The Samhwa Publishing Co., Ltd., for the Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch, 1977.

Peterson, Mark. "Women's Genealogy." Asea yosong yongu 20 (1981:12): 195-202.

Peterson, Mark. "Women without Sons: A Measure of Social Change in Yi Dynasty Korea." In Laurel Kendall and Mark Peterson, eds. Korean Women: View from the Inner Room. New Haven, CT: East Rock Press, 1983.

Peterson, Mark and John Goulde. “Scholarly Women before Confucianization: The Case of Hwang Chin-i.” In Sang-Oak Lee and Gregory K. Iverson, with Sang-Cheol Ahn and Young-mee Yu Cho, eds. Pathways into Korean Language and Culture: Essays in Honor of Young-Key Kim-Renaud. Seoul: Pagijong Press, 2002.

Rhim, Soon Man. "Women of North Korea: Yesterday and Today." Asian Studies 13:1 (April 1975): 55-76.

Rhim, Soon Man. "The Status of Women in Traditional Korean Society." In Harold Hakwon Sunoo and Dong Soo Kim, eds. Korean Women: In A Struggle for Humanization. Memphis, TN: Association of Korean Christian Scholars of North America, Inc., 1978.

Riesebrodt, Martin and Kelly H. Chong. "Fundamentalisms and Patriarchal Gender Politics." Journal of Women's History 10:4 (Winter 1999): 55-77.

Sa, Mija. “Women in the Korean Church: A Historical Survey.” Korea Presbyterian Journal of Theology 1:1 (2001:5): 339-351.

Salem, Ellen. "Women Surviving: Palace Life in Seoul after the Annexation." In Sandra Mattielli, ed. Virtues in Conflict: Tradition and the Korean Woman Today. Seoul: The Samhwa Publishing Co., Ltd., for the Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch, 1977.

Soh, Chung-Hee. “Women’s Sexual Labor and State in Korean History.” Journal of Women’s History 15:4 (Winter 2004): 170-177.

Sorensen, Clark W. "Women and the Problem of Filial Piety in Traditional China and Korea." In Hangukhak ui kwaje wa chonmang: Che-5 hoe kukche haksul hoeui segye Hangukhak taehoe nonmunjip II (Yesul - sasang - sahoe p'yon): Korean Studies, Its Tasks and Perspectives II: Papers of the 5th International Conference on Korean Studies. Songnam: Hanguk chongshin munhwa yonguwon, 1988.

Srole, Carole. "Converging Paths: Korean and U.S. Women: 1900 to 1980s." In Eui-Young Yu and Earl H. Phillips, eds. Korean Women in Transition: At Home and Abroad. Los Angeles: Center for Korean-American and Korean Studies, California State University, Los Angeles, 1987.

Walthall, Anne. “From Private to Public Patriarchy: Women, Labor and the State in East Asia, 1600-1919.” In Teresa A. Meade and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, eds. A Companion to Gender History. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004.

Wells, Kenneth M. "The Price of Legitimacy: Women and the Kunuhoe Movement, 1927-1931." In Gi-Wook Shin and Michael Robinson, eds. Colonial Modernity in Korea. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 1999.

Yoo, Ok-Za. "Korean Women in the House and Work Place: Their Status since 1945." Korea and World Affairs 9:4 (Winter 1985): 820-872.

Yu, Eui-Young. "Women in Traditional and Modern Korea." In Eui-Young Yu and Earl H. Phillips, eds. Korean Women in Transition: At Home and Abroad. Los Angeles: Center for Korean-American and Korean Studies, California State University, Los Angeles, 1987.

Yoon, Taek-Lim. "Locality, Women, and History: Local History Research from a Feminist Perspective." Korea Journal 38:2 (Summer 1998): 82-103.

Yun, Chong-ok. "Chongsindae: What is the Problem?" In Chongsindae munje charyojip I. Seoul: Chongsindae munje taech'aek hyopuihoe, 1991.

Wagner, Edward W. "Two Early Genealogies and Women's Status in Early Yi Dynasty Korea." In Laurel Kendall and Mark Peterson, eds. Korean Women: View from the Inner Room. New Haven, CT: East Rock Press, 1983.

Walraven, Boudewijn C.A. "Symbolic Expressions of Family Cohesion in Korean Tradition." Korea Journal 29:3 (March 1989): 4-11.

 

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