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Title Women and Confucianism in Chosŏn Korea : new perspectives / edited by Youngmin Kim and Michael J. Pettid
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 170 pages) : illustrations
Contents Portrait of two women : multiple layers of "Confucianism" in late Chosŏn Korea / Youngmin Kim -- The life of the exemplar wife Lady Chang of Andong : examined in a historical context / Lee Soongu -- Confucian educational works for upper status women in Chosŏn Korea / Michael J. Pettid -- Neo-Confucianism as free-floating resource : Im Yunjidang and Kang Chongildang as two female neo-Confucian philosophers in late Chosŏn / Youngmin Kim -- The rights of the eldest daughter-in-law and strengthening of adoption of lineage heirs in the mid-Chosŏn period / Lee Soongu -- Questions concerning widows' social status and remarriage in late Chosŏn / Jung Ji-Young -- Devalued bodies, revalued status : Confucianism and the plight of female slaves in late Chosŏn Korea / Milan Hejtmanek
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Women in Confucianism -- Korea -- History
RELIGION -- Confucianism.
Manners and customs
Women in Confucianism
SUBJECT Korea -- Social life and customs -- 1392-1910. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92003078
Subject Korea
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Kim, Youngmin
Pettid, Michael J
ISBN 9781441699053
1441699058
9781438437774
1438437773
9781438437774