Title Rules of the house : family law and domestic disputes in colonial Korea / Sungyun Lim

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 173 pages) : color illustrations Series Online access: De Gruyter De Gruyter Open Books Online access: Ubiquity Press Ubiquity Press Open Books Contents Widows on the margins of the family -- Widowed household-heads and the new boundary of the family -- Arguing for daughters? : inheritance rights -- Conjugal love and conjugal family on trial -- Consolidating the household across the 1945-divide Summary "Rules of the House offers a dynamic revisionist account of the Japanese colonial rule of Korea (1910-1945) through the lens of women in the civil courts. Challenging the dominant understanding that women were victimized by the Japanese family laws (i.e., the Meiji Civil Code) and its patriarchal biases, Sungyun Lim argues that Korean women were not passive victims, but instead proactively struggled to expand their rights by aggressively participating in the Japanese colonial legal system. In turn, the Japanese doctrine of promoting progressive legal rights would prove advantageous to them. Following women and their civil disputes from the pre-colonial Choson dynasty, through the colonial times, and into the postcolonial reforms, this book presents a new and groundbreaking story about Korean women's legal struggles, revealing their surprising collaborative relationship with the colonial state. Lim thus expands the understanding of the Japanese assimilation policy in Korea, substantially revising the conventional focus on the Japanese assault on Korean ethnic identity. In so doing, she bridges the long-held fissure between historiography of the former metropole of Japan from the former colonies, and places colonial family laws in the larger context of legal reconfiguration of the Japanese empire"--Provided by publisher Analysis civil courts civilization colonial times japan japanese colonial legal system japanese colonial rule of korea japanese family laws japanese motto korean women korean womens legal struggles meiji civil code passive victims patriarchal biases post colonial reforms pre colonial chosen dynasty promoting progress through the lens of women victimized women Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Korea -- 20th century Domestic relations -- Korea -- 20th century HISTORY -- Asia -- General. Domestic relations. Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. SUBJECT Korea -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1910-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073038 Subject Korea. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780520972506 0520972503 9780520302525 0520302524

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