[KS] Re: Korean Fiction

[Namhee Lee]

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>Ppaet-bo^l is by An Il-sun, and was published in 1995 by Kong'gan midio^.
  Ms. An was initially asked by a women's org. to write  a commemorative
poem for Yun Ku^mi who was brutally killed by a US solider in 1992, then
began to investigate the condition and the lives of women in Tongduch'o^n
area.  Ppaet-bol is fictionalized account of the lives of several women she
came to know, one of whom is Kim Yo^n-ja, who is also in the documentary by
Grace Kim in San Fran. area.  (I can't recall the name of the documentary.)
The author and Ms. Kim Yon-ja had toured several US cities in 1994 or 1995.

Namhee Lee



>hi jina,
>
>ahn something or other wrote a two-volume novel titled Bbaet-bul about
>camptown women. can't recall her full name and her book is packed away,
>i'm afraid, since they are re-doing my office. there is all Go-bbi,
>another two-volume novel written much earlier, by jung yoon mo, that deals
>with two sisters involved in varying degrees in camptown life.
>
>there are also a number of third-rate novels, melodramas, that deal with
>camptown women and are part of the genre of "woman has a hard life,
>overcomes, meets a good man, and lives happily ever after."
>
>there are very few korean feminist scholars in korea who address this
>issue. you should contact sae-oom-tuh, an activist organization that has
>put out some reports about camptowns and the lives of the women. i don't
>have their contact info handy, but i can find it for you at home.
>
>in the united states, katherine moon has done the most extensive research
>on camptown women. her book, sex among allies, is readily available.
>
>if you need any further assistance, feel free to contact me again. my own
>research is related to camptowns, altho it does not focus on them.
>
>best,
>ji-yeon yuh
>
>At 06:15 PM 2/29/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>
>>
>>I was wondering if you knew of any titles and authors of Korean FICTION
>>(in Korean as well as translated into English)
>>written by Korean women writers who deal with the subject of U.S. military
>>base in South Korea and military base prostitution.  For example, Kang
>>Sok-kyung's "Days and Dreams" in the WAYFARER. 
>>
>>Do you also know of any Korean feminist scholars based in Korea who
>>address this issue (military prostitution in Korean)
>>
>>Thank you for your assistance.
>>
>>Jina Kim
>>  
>
>_____________________________________________________________
>Yuh Ji-Yeon			History Department, Northwestern University
>j-yuh at nwu.edu		Harris 202, 1881 Sheridan Road
>1-847-467-6538		Evanston, IL 60208  U.S.A.

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<excerpt>Ppaet-bo^l is by An Il-sun, and was published in 1995 by
Kong'gan midio^.

</excerpt>  Ms. An was initially asked by a women's org. to write  a
commemorative poem for Yun Ku^mi who was brutally killed by a US
solider in 1992, then began to investigate the condition and the lives
of women in Tongduch'o^n area.  Ppaet-bol is fictionalized account of
the lives of several women she came to know, one of whom is Kim
Yo^n-ja, who is also in the documentary by Grace Kim in San Fran. area.
 (I can't recall the name of the documentary.)  The author and Ms. Kim
Yon-ja had toured several US cities in 1994 or 1995.


Namhee Lee




<excerpt>hi jina,


ahn something or other wrote a two-volume novel titled Bbaet-bul about
camptown women. can't recall her full name and her book is packed away,
i'm afraid, since they are re-doing my office. there is all Go-bbi,
another two-volume novel written much earlier, by jung yoon mo, that
deals with two sisters involved in varying degrees in camptown life.


there are also a number of third-rate novels, melodramas, that deal
with camptown women and are part of the genre of "woman has a hard
life, overcomes, meets a good man, and lives happily ever after."


there are very few korean feminist scholars in korea who address this
issue. you should contact sae-oom-tuh, an activist organization that
has put out some reports about camptowns and the lives of the women. i
don't have their contact info handy, but i can find it for you at
home.


in the united states, katherine moon has done the most extensive
research on camptown women. her book, sex among allies, is readily
available.


if you need any further assistance, feel free to contact me again. my
own research is related to camptowns, altho it does not focus on them.


best,

ji-yeon yuh


At 06:15 PM 2/29/2000 -0800, you wrote:


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I was wondering if you knew of any titles and authors of Korean FICTION
(in Korean as well as translated into English)

written by Korean women writers who deal with the subject of U.S.
military

base in South Korea and military base prostitution.  For example, Kang

Sok-kyung's "Days and Dreams" in the WAYFARER. 


Do you also know of any Korean feminist scholars based in Korea who

address this issue (military prostitution in Korean)


Thank you for your assistance.


Jina Kim

  

</excerpt>

_____________________________________________________________

Yuh Ji-Yeon			History Department, Northwestern University

j-yuh at nwu.edu		Harris 202, 1881 Sheridan Road

1-847-467-6538		Evanston, IL 60208  U.S.A.

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