Practicing Motherhood and Forming Matrilineal Solidarity: A Counter-cultural Response to the Patrilineal Confucian Family in the Works of Park Wansuh (1931–2011)

This paper analyzes four fictional works by Park Wansuh (1931–2011) that thematize the issue of son preference and sex-selective abortion against the background of the recent decriminalization of abortion. Prior to 2021, although abortion was illegal in Korea it was widely practiced, providing the e...

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Main Author: Yang, Haewon (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: University of Hawai'i Press 2023
In: Journal of Korean religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-34
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