[KS] Re: Public awareness of homosexuality in South Korea

[Lauren Deutsch]

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Would you please cite the anthologies and publishers of English
translations of these stories, especially the works of Hwang Sun-won.
Thanks
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>From: yoo-jung kong <y-kong at students.uiuc.edu>
>To: korean-studies at iic.edu
>Subject: Re: Public awareness of homosexuality in South Korea
>Date: Wed, Oct 4, 2000, 6:26 PM
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>  3) Does anyone know of any stories in Korean literature that deal
>> specifically with gay or lesbian protagonists? The topic is treated
>> peripherally in O ChOng-hUi's "Morning Star," Kang SOk-kyOng's "Days and
>> Dreams" and the late Hwang Sun-wOn's "Doctor Chang's Situation," but
>> that's all I can think of off the top of my head.  I know Walter Lew has
>> an article on homoeroticism in Yi Sang, but I'm curious if there's
>> anything more concrete than that.
>>
>> Stephen
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> One text that comes to mind immediately is Hwang Sun-won's _A Moving
> Castle_ (UmjikinUn sOng) that has a fairly major character who is a male
> homosexual shaman.
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> Best,
> Yoo-Jung Kong
> University of Illinois