Women and Confucianism in Chosŏn Korea [electronic resource] : new perspectives / edited by Youngmin Kim and Michael J. Pettid.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Portrait of two women : multiple layers of "Confucianism" in late Chosŏn Korea / Youngmin Kim -- The life of the exemplar wife Lady Chang of Andong : examined in a historical context / Lee Soongu -- Confucian educational works for upper status women in Chosŏn Korea / Michael J. Pettid -- Neo-Confucianism as free-floating resource : Im Yunjidang and Kang Chongildang as two female neo-Confucian philosophers in late Chosŏn / Youngmin Kim -- The rights of the eldest daughter-in-law and strengthening of adoption of lineage heirs in the mid-Chosŏn period / Lee Soongu -- Questions concerning widows' social status and remarriage in late Chosŏn / Jung Ji-Young -- Devalued bodies, revalued status : Confucianism and the plight of female slaves in late Chosŏn Korea / Milan Hejtmanek.

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