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Korean American Women Ailee Moon

Korean American Women By Ailee Moon

Korean American Women by Ailee Moon


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Emphasizing sociopolitical and cultural behaviors, this collection provides broad insight into the diverse experiences and perspectives of Korean American women in the light of feminism. Twenty-one selections examine the collective experience and Western feminist issues from minority feminist perspectives.

Korean American Women Summary

Korean American Women: From Tradition to Modern Feminism by Ailee Moon

Emphasizing sociopolitical and cultural behaviors, this collection provides broad insight into the diverse experiences and perspectives of Korean American women in the light of feminism. In their discussions, the authors focus on the status and progress of Korean American women in contemporary society. Twenty-one selections examine the collective experience and Western feminist issues from minority feminist perspectives. The content is interdisciplinary and raises many thought-provoking, seldom-discussed issues. This book will be of interest to students and faculty in sociology, feminist and women's studies, ethnic studies, and Asian studies.

About Ailee Moon

YOUNG I. SONG is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Services at California State University, Hayward. She contributed to Seeking Common Ground (Greenwood, 1992).

AILEE MOON is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Welfare in the School of Public Policy at UCLA.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: From Tradition to Modern Feminism A Woman-Centered Perspective on Korean American Women Today by Young I. Song A Critical Feminist Inquiry in a Multicultural Context by Sung Sil Lee Sohng The Social Reality of Korean American Women: Toward Crashing with the Confucian Ideology by El-Hannah Kim A Profile of Korean Women and Men in the United States Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Korean American Women and Men by Ailee Moon Demographic Characteristics and Trends of Post-1965 Korean Immigrant Women and Men by Pyong Gap Min and Young I. Song Attitudes Toward Ethnic Identity, Marriage, and Familial Life among Women of Korean Descent in the United States, Japan, and Korea by Ailee Moon Korean American Women Working outside of the Family Work Status, Conjugal Power Relations, and Marital Satisfaction among Korean Immigrant Married Women by Hye Kyung Chang and Ailee Moon The Burden of Labor on Korean American Wives in and Outside the Family by Pyong Gap Min Family and Work Roles of Korean Immigrant Wives and Related Experiences by Kwang Chung Kim and Shin Kim Korean American Identity Searching for and Defining a Korean American Identity in a Multicultural Society by Luke I. Kim and Grace S. Kim Intraethnic, Interracial, and Interethnic Marriages Among Korean American Women by Gin Yong Pang Ethnic Identities Reflected in Value Orientation of Two Generations of Korean American Women by Ailee Moon and Young I. Song Marriage and Family Separation and Divorce among Korean Immigrant Families by Siyon Rhee The Domestic Violence against Women in Korean Immigrant Families: Cultural, Psychological, and Socioeconomic Perspectives by Young I. Song and Ailee Moon Korean American Mothers' Parenting Styles and Adolescent Behavior by Eunai Kim Shrake Life Satisfaction of the Korean American Elderly by Young I. Song Mental Health Issues The Mental Health of Korean American Women by Luke I. Kim Korean Women's Hwa-Byung: Clinical Issues and Implications for Treatment by Mikyong Kim-Goh Issues for the Future Korean Feminist and Human Rights Politics: The Chongshinedae/Jugunianfu ("Comfort Women") Movement by Alice Yun Chai Revisioning of Family Reunions: A Case of Korean American Women and Their Families Separated by War by Sook Ja Paik and Dong Soo Kim Modern Feminist Issues Facing Korean American Women: A Global Perspective by Young I. Song Index

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NPB9780275959777
9780275959777
0275959775
Korean American Women: From Tradition to Modern Feminism by Ailee Moon
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
1998-05-21
312
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