Under Construction

by Laurel Kendall

Book Overview

Since the late 1960s, the lives of south Koreans have been reconstructed on the shifting ground of urbanization, industrialization, military authoritarianism, democratic reform, and social liberalization. Class and gender identities have been modified in relation to a changing modernity and new definitions of home and family, work and leisure, husband and wife.

Under Construction provides an illuminating portrait of south Koreans in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824824881
• ISBN13: 9780824824884
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"