Creative Women of Korea : The Fifteenth Through the Twentieth Centuries.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Naehun and the Politics of Gender in Fifteenth-Century Korea -- 3. Sin Saimdang: The Foremost Woman Painter of the Chosŏn Dynasty -- 4. Hŏ Nansŏrhŏn and "Shakespeare's Sister -- 5. Demythologizing Hwang Chini -- 6. Private Memory and Public History: The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyŏng and Testimonial Literature -- 7. Kyubang Kasa: Women's Writings from the Late Chosŏn -- 8. A Celebration of Life: Patchwork and Embroidered Pojagi by Unknown Korean Women -- 9. Kim Iryŏp's Conflicting Worlds -- 10. Dialectics of Life: Hahn Moo-Sook and Her Literary World -- Glossary -- The Editor and Contributors -- Index.

This work introduces contributions in the humanities by a select griup of traditional and modern Korean women, from the 15th through the 20th centuries. It aims to show how Korean women have tried to give their lives meaning over the ages through their diverse responses to life in Confucian Korea.

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