1. The Making of Modern Subjects
- Author
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Gang, Sung Un
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Media ,Discourse ,Spectatorship ,Korea ,Intersectionality ,Gender ,Theatre ,Cultural History ,Theatre Studies ,Asian History ,Gender History ,Asia ,thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATD Theatre studies ,thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history ,thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups ,thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history - Abstract
In the early 20th century, Korean women began to manifest themselves in the public sphere. Sung Un Gang explores how the women's gaze was reimagined in public discourse as they attended plays and movies, delving into the complex negotiation process surrounding women's public presence. In this first extensive study of Korean female spectators in the colonial era, he analyzes newspapers, magazines, fictions, and images, arguing that public discourse aimed to mold them into a male-driven and top-down modernization project. Through a meticulous examination of historical sources, this study reconceptualizes colonial Korean female spectators as diverse, active agents with their own politics who played a crucial role in shaping colonial publicness.
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- 2024
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