[KS] Query: soft-masculinity and cross-dressing in Korean context

Michael Pettid mjpettid2000 at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 30 09:05:12 EDT 2009


For historic precedents, I would further suggest that you look into the namsadang (male troupes of itinerate entertainers).

Michael Pettid

--- On Thu, 7/30/09, Jina Kim <jinaekim at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Jina Kim <jinaekim at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [KS] Query: soft-masculinity and cross-dressing in Korean context
> To: "Korean Studies" <koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
> Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 12:56 PM
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> Yun Mi,
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> I would also look into the history of t'alch'um
> (mask dance). 
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> To: koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:48:22 -0400
> From: ifenkl at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [KS] Query: soft-masculinity and
> cross-dressing in Korean context
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> You can begin with the long and continuing tradition
> of crossdressing (in both directions) in Korean shamanism. 
> Also look into
> the traveling theatrical troupes (when I was growing up in
> the 60s, they came to local theaters to perform historical
> dramas/romances, and all the roles were acted by
> women).
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: YM Clara Hwang <sumovmi at hotmail.com>
> To: koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
> Sent: Wed, Jul 29, 2009 9:36 am
> Subject: [KS] Query: soft-masculinity and cross-dressing in
> Korean context
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> Dear members,
> 
> My questions are two-fold. First, I'm interested in
> reading more the rise of feminine or soft mascuilnity in
> Korean context, portrayed in the popular media. It seems to
> me the neither post-femininst mascuilinity or rise of new
> men seen in the Western discourse nor the spread of Japanese
> manga (yaoi and BL in particular) influencing the
> construction of new type of masculinity in SK do not
> sufficiently explain this phenonenon. Have you come across
> any scholarship that provides sound Korean socio-political
> context supported by theoretical framework? 
> 
> Second question, I was greatly intrigued by the
> representation of cross-dressing in TV and films (King and
> the Clown, The Painter of the Wind, Coffee Prince, etc),
> which of course intersects with the my first question (and
> gender and queer theory). As far as I'm aware of Korea
> does not have defining cultural tradition of transvestite
> theatres like Beijing opera or Japanese Noh theatre. Or am I
> mis-informed? Is there any scholarship on the tradition of
> cross-dressing in Korea? 
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Regards,
> Yun Mi Hwang
> PhD Candidate
> University of St Andrews
> ymh at st-andrews.ac.uk
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