Borderline society and ‘rebellious mourning’: the case of South Korean feminist activism
@article{Hwang2021BorderlineSA, title={Borderline society and ‘rebellious mourning’: the case of South Korean feminist activism}, author={Ye jin Hwang}, journal={Studies in Theatre and Performance}, year={2021}, volume={42}, pages={32 - 46} }
ABSTRACT In this article I propose two concepts – a borderline society and ‘rebellious mourning’ – to present a conceptual framework for understanding contemporary Korean feminism. This article argues that borderline society is both a concept and a product of co-existing and contesting ways of Korean women’s speaking against the culture of gender-based violence to consider the (imagined) topography for their co-existence as one that requires the psychic conception of reality as a counterpart to…
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본 연구는 웹사이트 메갈리아와 그로부터 파생한 다음 카페 워마드를 대상으로 이들이 실천하는 온라인 액티비즘의 전략을 페미니스트 정치학의 관점에서 해석하였다. 그동안 메갈리아 관련 논의는 혐오의 미러링 전략에 주목해 왔다. 혹은 메갈리아와 워마드의 관계를 분절적으로 단순화하거나, 워마드의 내부 동학을 본격적으로 다루지 않았다. 그러나 메갈리아와 워마드를…