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Militarized Modernity and Gendered Citizenship in South Korea
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Seungsook Moon
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Edited by:
Julia Adams
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English
Published/Copyright:
2005
About this book
A postcolonial feminist study of the formation of contemporary political subjectivities in South Korea, framed by the rise and decline in 20th century militarization.
Author / Editor information
Seungsook Moon is Associate Professor of Sociology at Vassar College.
Reviews
“In this provocative book, Seungsook Moon demonstrates how the South Korean state’s dual push for military security and industrial modernization reinforced gendered distinctions in the citizenry. She skillfully shows the intersection between compulsory military service for men and the marginalization of women in the economy through the symbolic and material valorization of men’s military service. The book masterfully articulates the demands of the state on Korean male and female citizens and the repercussions for the patriarchal family, for class identities among men and women, and for Koreans’ increasingly openly contested claims to the rights of full citizenship.”—Mary C. Brinton, author of Women and the Economic Miracle: Gender and Work in Postwar Japan
“Seungsook Moon has given us a sharp and detailed account of just how a state goes about militarizing men’s sense of their own manliness for the sake of its larger modernity project. This nuanced feminist case study will be of interest to all of us trying to disentangle gendered citizenship from militarized nationalism.”—Cynthia Enloe, author of Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women’s Lives
“This clearly written and eminently readable book is a brilliant study of the complex process by which the South Korean nation-state was able to become an industrialized economic power. . . . [T]his book will be very useful to anyone interested in analyses of militarism, postcolonial societies, social movements (particularly labor and women’s movements), nation-state formation, or economic development, and it is a stellar example of why these phenomena require a feminist analysis.”
-- Noël Sturgeon Contemporary Sociology
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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A Note on Korean Language Conventions
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Introduction: The Gender Politics of Nation Building and Citizenship in South Korea
1 - PART I. MILITARIZED MODERNITY AND GENDERED MASS MOBILIZATION, 1963–1987
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1. The Historical Roots and the Rise of Militarized Modernity
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2. Mobilized to Be Martial and Productive: Men’s Subjection to the Nation and the Masculine Subjectivity of Family Provider
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3. Marginalized in Production and Mobilized to Be Domestic: Women’s Incorporation into the Nation
68 - PART II. THE DECLINE OF MILITARIZED MODERNITY AND THE TRAJECTORIES OF GENDERED CITIZENSHIP, 1988–2002
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4. The Decline of Militarized Modernity and the Rise of the Discourse of Democratization
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5. The Trajectory of Men’s Citizenship as Shaped by Military and Economic Mobilization
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6. The Trajectory of Women’s Citizenship as Shaped by Their Economic Marginalization as Reproducers
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Conclusion: Modernity, Gender, and Citizenship
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Chronology of Political Events
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Notes
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References
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Index
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Publishing information
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eBook published on:
September 30, 2005
eBook ISBN:
9780822387312
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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272
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13 b&w photos, 10 tables, 1 map
