The emotions of justice : gender, status, and legal performance in Chosŏn Korea / Jisoo M. Kim.
2015
KPA120 .K563 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
The emotions of justice : gender, status, and legal performance in Chosŏn Korea / Jisoo M. Kim.
Imprint
Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2015]
Description
xv, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
Korean studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.
Formatted Contents Note
Author's note
Kings of the Chosŏn Dynasty
The Confucian state, law, and emotions
Gender, writing, and legal performance
Women's grievances and their gendered narrative of wŏn
Seeking vindication or begging pardon on behalf of the living
In search of justice on behalf of the dead.
Kings of the Chosŏn Dynasty
The Confucian state, law, and emotions
Gender, writing, and legal performance
Women's grievances and their gendered narrative of wŏn
Seeking vindication or begging pardon on behalf of the living
In search of justice on behalf of the dead.
Summary
"The Chosŏn State (1392-1910) is typically portrayed as a rigid society because of its hereditary status system, slavery, and Confucian gender norms. However, The Emotions of Justice reveals a surprisingly complex picture of a judicial system that operated in a contradictory fashion by discriminating against subjects while simultaneously minimizing such discrimination. Jisoo Kim contends that the state's recognition of wŏn, or the sense of being wronged, permitted subjects of different genders or statuses to interact in the legal realm and in doing so illuminates the intersection of law, emotions, and gender in premodern Korea"--Publisher's website.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-207) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KPA120 .K563 2015
Language
English
ISBN
9780295995038 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0295995033 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0295995033 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
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