[KS] Re: Korean Fiction

Wed Mar 1 12:54:50 EST 2000

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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
>

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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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<font size=3>hi jina,<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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."<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
in the united states, katherine moon has done the most extensive research
on camptown women. her book, sex among allies, is readily 
available.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
best,<br>
ji-yeon yuh<br>
<br>
At 06:15 PM 2/29/2000 -0800, you wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite cite>I was wondering if you knew of any titles and
authors of Korean FICTION<br>
(in Korean as well as translated into English)<br>
written by Korean women writers who deal with the subject of U.S.
military<br>
base in South Korea and military base prostitution.  For example,
Kang<br>
Sok-kyung's "Days and Dreams" in the WAYFARER.  <br>
<br>
Do you also know of any Korean feminist scholars based in Korea who<br>
address this issue (military prostitution in Korean)<br>
<br>
Thank you for your assistance.<br>
<br>
Jina Kim<br>
   <br>
</font></blockquote><br>
<div>_____________________________________________________________</div>
<div>Yuh
Ji-Yeon<x-tab>     </x-tab><x-tab>        </x-tab><x-tab>        </x-tab>History
Department, Northwestern University</div>
<div>j-yuh at nwu.edu<x-tab>   </x-tab><x-tab>        </x-tab>Harris
202, 1881 Sheridan Road</div>
<div>1-847-467-6538<x-tab>  </x-tab><x-tab>        </x-tab>Evanston,
IL 60208  U.S.A.</div>
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