| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 259 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-248) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Why Study Weddings? A Confessional Introduction -- 2. A Wedding in Righteous Town -- 3. A Rite of Modernization and Its Postmodern Discontents -- 4. Transformations: The Construction of Courtship in Twentieth-Century Korea -- 5. Requesting Marriage -- 6. Ceremonious Goods -- 7. Betrothal Gifts and "Bothersome Custom." |
| Summary |
This work explores what it means to be modern and what it means to be Korean in a culture where courtship and marriage are often the crucible in which notions of gender and class are cast and recast. Touching on a number of important issues - identity, romantic love, women's work, marriage negotiations, and wedding ceremonies - Laurel Kendall gives us a new appreciation for how Koreans have adapted this pivotal social practice to the astounding changes of the past century. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Marriage customs and rites -- Korea.
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Marriage customs and rites. |
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Korea. |
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Wedding etiquette -- Korea.
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Wedding etiquette. |
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Sex role -- Korea.
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Sex role. |
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Gender identity -- Korea.
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Gender identity. |
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Social classes -- Korea.
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Social classes. |
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Ceremonial exchange -- Korea.
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Ceremonial exchange. |
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Korea -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Korea -- Social conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Gender roles. |
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Gender identity. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Kendall, Laurel. Getting married in Korea. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1996 0520201981 (DLC) 95037353 (OCoLC)32924485 |
| ISBN |
9780520916784 (electronic book) |
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0520916786 (electronic book) |
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0585047669 (electronic book) |
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9780585047669 (electronic book) |
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0520201981 |
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0520202007 |
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