The Korean women´s movement, which is seen in both Western and non-Western countries as being exemplary in terms of women´s activism, experienced a dramatic change in its direction and strategy in the early 1990s. At the heart of the new approach was an increasing focus on sexual violence, which has had a huge impact on bringing women´s issues onto the public agenda in Korea. This book examines feminist practice in Korea by analyzing the experiences of the country´s first sexual assault center, the Korea Sexual Violence Relief Center. Based on extensive original research, including interviews with activists and extensive participant observation, it explores why feminist activists in South Korea chose to organize around the issue of sexual violence, the strategies it used to do so, what impact the movement has made and what challenges it still faces to achieve its objectives.
Introduction 1. The Korean Anti-sexual Violence Movement: A newer women´s movement 2. Sexual Assault Centres as Feminist Practice: The establishment of Korea Sexual Violence Relief Center 3. From Silence to Speaking out: Cultural change through discursive politics 4. "Doing" the Movement: Advocacy and legal change 5. The Renaissance of the Women´s Movement: The institutionalization of feminist practice 6. The Impact of the Engagement with the State upon Feminist Organizational Practice Conclusion: Sustaining feminist practice
This book examines feminist practice in Korea, focusing on and analyzing the experiences of the first Sexual Assault Centre in Korea. Based on extensive original research, including interviews with activists and extensive participant observation, it explores why feminist activists in South Korea have organized vigorous activities on sexual violence, what has been the impact of the movement, and what have been the strategies and challenges in achieving their objectives.
The Korean women's movement, which is widely seen in both Western and non-Western countries as exemplary in terms of women's activism, experienced a dramatic change in its direction and strategy in the early 1990s. This book examines feminist practice in Korea, focusing on and analysing the experiences of the first Sexual Assault Centre in Korea.
Über den Autor
Kyungja Jung is a Senior Lecturer in Social Inquiry at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction 1. The Korean Anti-sexual Violence Movement: A newer women¿s movement 2. Sexual Assault Centres as Feminist Practice: The establishment of Korea Sexual Violence Relief Center 3. From Silence to Speaking out: Cultural change through discursive politics 4. "Doing" the Movement: Advocacy and legal change 5. The Renaissance of the Women¿s Movement: The institutionalization of feminist practice 6. The Impact of the Engagement with the State upon Feminist Organizational Practice Conclusion: Sustaining feminist practice
Klappentext
The Korean women 's movement, which is widely seen, in both Western and non-Western countries, as exemplary in terms of women 's activism, experienced a dramatic change in its direction and strategy in the early 1990s, a typical example of the new approach being an increasing focus on sexual violence issues. The anti-sexual violence movement has had a huge impact in bringing women 's issues on to the public agenda in Korea, and has been claimed as the heart of the women 's movement in Korea. This book examines feminist practice in Korea, focusing on and analysing the experiences of the first Sexual Assault Centre in Korea. Based on extensive original research, including interviews with activists and extensive participant observation, it explores why feminist activists in South Korea have organized vigorous activities on sexual violence, what has been the impact of the movement, and what have been the strategies and challenges in achieving their objectives.
