“Divorcio”: la autobiografía de Na Hye-seok

In the 1920s and 1930s when Korea was under Japanese colonial rule, the ideology of chastity was imposed on women to ensure its lineage. In contrast, men were free to divorce and restart their lives with their concubines. Without the right to custody of children or division of property, divorced wom...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Park, Morgan Mok-Won
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios de Asia y África
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiosdeasiayafrica.colmex.mx:article/2843
Acceso en línea:https://estudiosdeasiayafrica.colmex.mx/index.php/eaa/article/view/2843
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Na Hye-seok
new women
divorce
concubine
Korean literature
mujer nueva
divorcio
concubina
literatura coreana
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Sumario:In the 1920s and 1930s when Korea was under Japanese colonial rule, the ideology of chastity was imposed on women to ensure its lineage. In contrast, men were free to divorce and restart their lives with their concubines. Without the right to custody of children or division of property, divorced women were stigmatized and forced into poverty. Na Hye-seok (1896–1948), a “new woman” and a pioneer, with a modern education, denounced this social injustice against women in her autobiography I-hon-go-baeg-jang 이혼 고백장 [Confession of Divorce] (1934), in which she recounted her personal experiences. The first Spanish translation of the chapter “Divorce” is presented here.