...This chapter reviews Kang Kyŏngae's works. Throughout the 1930s, she published short stories, poems, essays, and longer works of fiction in major newspapers and women's journals such as the Chosŏn Daily, East Asia Daily and New Woman. When her works had been...

... to persist nonetheless. Ch’oe Chŏng hŭi free love chayu yŏnae housework “Kyŏng hŭi ” marriage modern education modern woman Na Hye sŏk “The House of Roses ” yŏhaksaeng Kajŏng chapchi New Woman student magazines Tongnip sinmun chung’in Confucian tradition Hideyoshi invasions Japanese...

..., with particular emphasis on the conceptual idioms of “good wife, wise mother” and “New Woman.” It then considers Kawahara's various endeavors in China and Mongolia, focusing on her contributions to female education and her espionage on Japan's behalf. It also discusses the discrepancy between the public...

...This chapter discusses Sinyŏsŏng (New Women, 1923-1926, 1930-1934), the first commercially successful magazine in Korea that targeted women readers. Specifically, it traces changes in New Woman discourse from the publication’s beginning in 1923 to its final issue in 1934, marked in part by a shift...

... longing to feel what it is like, even for one day, to sit in the family shop, managing the household accounts. For this reason, although Otsuna has been considered an Ibsenesque “new woman,” the play appears to be more the tragedy of a woman who cannot become a “new woman.” Blue Stocking The Seitō Doll...