Books in the Hawai`i Studies on Korea series

An ethnography of advertising in postmillennial South Korea, Flower of Capitalism details contests over advertising freedoms and obligations among divergent vested interests while positing far-reaching questions about the social contract that governs advertising in late-capitalist societies.

Explores how successful Korean neutralization could have radically transformed the balance of power equation in East Asia. The book offers a groundbreaking view of Korean diplomatic history from a more regional geography paradigm.

It may sound logical that individualistic attitudes boost divorce. This book argues otherwise. Conservative norms of specialized gender roles serve as the root cause of marital dissolution. Those expectations that prescribe what men should do and what women should do help break down marital relationships.

Places women and gender at the centre of modern medical transformations in Korea. This book outlines the professionalization of medicine, nursing, and midwifery, tracing their evolution from new legal and institutional infrastructures in public health and education, and investigates women's experiences as health practitioners and patients.

Includes a complete translation of an anti-Catholic essay and an annotated translation of the Silk letter of Hwang Sayong.

Collects ten short stories by modern Korean women that touch in one way or another on issues related to gender and kinship politics. This title features an introduction that presents a historical overview of traditions of modern Korean women's fiction, situating the selected writers and their stories in the larger context of Korean literature.

As one of the few Western eyewitnesses to the 1980 Kwangju Uprising, Linda Lewis is uniquely positioned to write about the event. In this work on commemoration politics, social representation and memory, she draws on her writings from the 1980s and ethnographic work she conducted in the 1990s.

From its humble ""straw mat"" origins to its paradoxical status as a national treasure, ""p'ansori"" has survived centuries of change and remains the primary source of Korean narrative and poetic consciousness. Chan Park celebrates ""p'ansori"" as a living tradition, adapting to an ever-shifting context.

Includes essays that engage in the discussion from various critical perspectives on Korean geography. This volume focuses on Seoul during the Japanese colonial occupation from 1910-1945 and the lasting impact of that period on the construction of specific places in Seoul. It concentrates on places that exist at the margins of Korean society.

The closing years of the Choson dynasty have received considerable attention from historians of Korea. This biography of Min Yong-hwan aims to provide a new perspective on this period in Korean history which still casts its shadow over the region today.