<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Dear Professor Robinson,</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><SPAN class=postbody>These first three are based on Taeyon Kim's article "</SPAN><SPAN class=postbody>Neo-Confucian Body Techniques: Women's Bodies in Korea's Consumer Society" in <FONT face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><EM>Body & Society</EM>, Vol. 9, No. 2, 97-113 (2003):</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><SPAN class=postbody><A href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/womens-bodies-in-koreas-consumer-society-part-1-their-neo-confucian-heritage/" target=_blank><FONT color=#006699>http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/womens-bodies-in-koreas-consumer-society-part-1-their-neo-confucian-heritage/</FONT></A> <BR><A href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/womens-bodies-in-koreas-consumer-society-part-2-were-not-in-kansas-anymore/" target=_blank><FONT color=#006699>http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/womens-bodies-in-koreas-consumer-society-part-2-were-not-in-kansas-anymore/</FONT></A> <BR><A href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/womens-bodies-in-koreas-consumer-society-part-3-final-nation-family-self/" target=_blank><FONT
color=#006699>http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/womens-bodies-in-koreas-consumer-society-part-3-final-nation-family-self/</FONT></A> <BR><BR>And in the next three posts I discuss Korean women's attitudes to dieting, exercise, cosmetics and cosmetic surgery industry more directly. All are partially based on Minjeong Kim and Sharron Lennon's article "Content Analysis of Diet Advertisements: A Cross-National Comparison of Korean and U.S. Women’s Magazines” in <EM>Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, </EM>October 2006, which is directly downloadable <A href="http://ctr.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/24/4/345">here</A>.<BR><BR><A href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/korean-women-part-1-dating-and-body-image-updated/" target=_blank><FONT color=#006699>http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/korean-women-part-1-dating-and-body-image-updated/</FONT></A> <BR><A
href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/korean-women-part-2-exercise-and-cosmetics/" target=_blank><FONT color=#006699>http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/korean-women-part-2-exercise-and-cosmetics/</FONT></A> <BR><A href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/korean-women-part-3-final-a-caucasian-ideal/" target=_blank><FONT color=#006699>http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/korean-women-part-3-final-a-caucasian-ideal/</FONT></A> </SPAN></DIV>
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<P><SPAN class=postbody>I have many many more related posts, but I think that those six would be the most helpful.</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN class=postbody>Regards,</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=postbody>James Turnbull.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=postbody>MA student, Busan.</SPAN></P>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 15:28:44 -0400<BR>From: "michael robinson" <<A href="mailto:robime@indiana.edu" ymailto="mailto:robime@indiana.edu">robime@indiana.edu</A>><BR>Subject: [KS] Cosmetic Surgery in Korea<BR>To: "'Korean Studies Discussion List'" <<A href="mailto:koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws" ymailto="mailto:koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws">koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</A>><BR>Message-ID: <000901c8b9e6$8e0ca870$aa25f950$@edu><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR><BR>Dear List: <BR><BR><BR>I'm working with several students and some HS teachers that have all<BR>contacted me recently with an interest in the issue of cosmetic surgery in<BR>Korea. They are hearing that Korea is a plastic surgery Mecca in East Asia<BR>and possibly on a broader scale. Does anyone out do work on this issue or<BR>is conversant with others' work
in this area? All I can do is confirm the<BR>general story, and I know there has been some good work done on this. I'm<BR>busy preparing to take a group to Korea so I'm not in a position to work on<BR>this..any help would be appreciated. <BR><BR><BR><BR>Mike Robinson <BR><BR>Indiana University</DIV></div><br>Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com </body></html>