Militarized Modernity and Gendered Citizenship in South Korea

Nonfiction, History, Asian, Korea, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Sociology
Cover of the book Militarized Modernity and Gendered Citizenship in South Korea by Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz, Duke University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz ISBN: 9780822387312
Publisher: Duke University Press Publication: September 30, 2005
Imprint: Duke University Press Books Language: English
Author: Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
ISBN: 9780822387312
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication: September 30, 2005
Imprint: Duke University Press Books
Language: English

This pathbreaking study presents a feminist analysis of the politics of membership in the South Korean nation over the past four decades. Seungsook Moon examines the ambitious effort by which South Korea transformed itself into a modern industrial and militarized nation. She demonstrates that the pursuit of modernity in South Korea involved the construction of the anticommunist national identity and a massive effort to mold the populace into useful, docile members of the state. This process, which she terms “militarized modernity,” treated men and women differently. Men were mobilized for mandatory military service and then, as conscripts, utilized as workers and researchers in the industrializing economy. Women were consigned to lesser factory jobs, and their roles as members of the modern nation were defined largely in terms of biological reproduction and household management.

Moon situates militarized modernity in the historical context of colonialism and nationalism in the twentieth century. She follows the course of militarized modernity in South Korea from its development in the early 1960s through its peak in the 1970s and its decline after rule by military dictatorship ceased in 1987. She highlights the crucial role of the Cold War in South Korea’s militarization and the continuities in the disciplinary tactics used by the Japanese colonial rulers and the postcolonial military regimes. Moon reveals how, in the years since 1987, various social movements—particularly the women’s and labor movements—began the still-ongoing process of revitalizing South Korean civil society and forging citizenship as a new form of membership in the democratizing nation.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This pathbreaking study presents a feminist analysis of the politics of membership in the South Korean nation over the past four decades. Seungsook Moon examines the ambitious effort by which South Korea transformed itself into a modern industrial and militarized nation. She demonstrates that the pursuit of modernity in South Korea involved the construction of the anticommunist national identity and a massive effort to mold the populace into useful, docile members of the state. This process, which she terms “militarized modernity,” treated men and women differently. Men were mobilized for mandatory military service and then, as conscripts, utilized as workers and researchers in the industrializing economy. Women were consigned to lesser factory jobs, and their roles as members of the modern nation were defined largely in terms of biological reproduction and household management.

Moon situates militarized modernity in the historical context of colonialism and nationalism in the twentieth century. She follows the course of militarized modernity in South Korea from its development in the early 1960s through its peak in the 1970s and its decline after rule by military dictatorship ceased in 1987. She highlights the crucial role of the Cold War in South Korea’s militarization and the continuities in the disciplinary tactics used by the Japanese colonial rulers and the postcolonial military regimes. Moon reveals how, in the years since 1987, various social movements—particularly the women’s and labor movements—began the still-ongoing process of revitalizing South Korean civil society and forging citizenship as a new form of membership in the democratizing nation.

More books from Duke University Press

Cover of the book A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 2 by Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
Cover of the book Modern Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies in the Age of Theory by Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
Cover of the book Dissent from the Homeland by Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
Cover of the book Hidden in the Mix by Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
Cover of the book Sciences from Below by Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
Cover of the book Give a Man a Fish by Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
Cover of the book Producing Bollywood by Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
Cover of the book In Defense of Honor by Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
Cover of the book Avant-Garde Fascism by Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
Cover of the book Native Hubs by Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
Cover of the book White Men Aren't by Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
Cover of the book Negotiating Performance by Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
Cover of the book Global Indigenous Media by Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
Cover of the book Writing in the Air by Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
Cover of the book No Future by Seungsook Moon, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy