Abstract
In the 1990s, an interesting concept emerged to refer to young married women in Korea. This article is to analyse the emergence of the term, missy and its socio-cultural implications in the context of South Korea. Young women in South Korea during this period experienced enormous cultural transformation. As women's social status and social participation increased, young married women needed to construct their own identities in which the newly emerged term referred to new more liberated femininities.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | New Femininities |
| Subtitle of host publication | Postfeminism, Neoliberalism and Subjectivity |
| Editors | Rosalind Gill, Christina Scharff |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Chapter | 9 |
| Pages | 147-158 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Volume | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-230-29452-3 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780230223349 |
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| Publication status | Published - 19 Jan 2011 |
Keywords
- femininity
- missy
- subjectivity
- identities