How to Find Information on Korean Women's Studies
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARIES RESEARCH GUIDE
CREATED: December 20, 2004
UPDATED: November 11, 2005
Welcome
Welcome to the Korean Women's Studies Resource Guide.
This guide is intended primarily for the East Asian Studies students at the University of Toronto.
Electronic and print resources are included to help you get started on your research on Korean Women's Studies. The print resources are located in the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, Robarts Library, and other University of Toronto libraries.
The list of resources presented in this guide is somewhat selective and is meant for browsing the titles on women available at the University of Toronto. It does not list absolutely all that are available electronically at the University of Toronto.
Construct a search by using any of the following words: women woman women's female feminist feminism gender for a method that will result in a somewhat longer list.
Ask a Librarian for Help
For further help, please contact Hana Kim, Korea Studies Librarian at the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, at any stage of your research process.
Email: hn.kim@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-3805 (Room 8030 on the 8th Fl.) or 416-978-1570 (7th Fl.)
Fax: 416-978-0863
Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library (EAL)
[http://www.library.utoronto.ca/east/]
Located on the 8th floor of Robarts Library. Take the elevator from the 2nd floor.
The library contains over. 400,000 volumes. It is one of the major research collections on East Asian studies in North America. The EAL includes vernacular Korean, Japanese and Chinese materials as well as reference titles in English and Western European languages related to East Asia.
Table of Contents
1. Books
- History of Korean Women’s Studies
- Korean Women and Legal Issues
- Korean Women and Literature
- Korean Women and Social Issues
2. e-resources
3. Journals
4. Reports
Books
The subject coverage of the Korean Women's Studies in the books selected for this guide are diverse and includes variety of topics.
To provide a more user-friendly bibliographic tool for researchers and scholars interested in Korean Women's Studies at the University of Toronto, the book titles are organized into topical terms that reflect the areas of study currently undergoing in the curriculum of Korean Studies at the Department of East Asian Studies .
History of Korean Women's Studies
21-segi song churyuhwa (gender mainstreaming) rul wihan kungmin yoron mit chonmunga uigyon chosa [Korean]
HQ1240.5 .K6 A25 2001 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Report on public opinion polls.
Chonnam yosong 100-yon [Korean]
HQ1765.5 .Z8 C47 2004 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Choson sidae yosong kyoyuk yongu [Korean/Chinese/English]
LC2410 .K6 S62 1982 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Study on women's education in the Yi dynasty. Summary in English.
Introduction to Gender Studies = Hyondae yosonghak ui ihae [Korean]
HQ1181 .K6 Y519 2003 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Kyejip un ottoke yosong i toeonna : Han'guk kunhyondaesa sok ui yosong iyagi [Korean]
HQ1765.5 .Y4925 2004 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Sumgyojin Han'guk yosong ui yoksa [Korean]
HD8730.5 .P3424 2004 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Yosong : yoksa wa hyonjae [Korean/English]
HQ1765.5 .Y673 2001 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Yosong kwa chorhak [Korean]
HQ1233 .Y67 1999 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Yosong, yosonghak [Korean]
HQ1180 .Y673 1996 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Korean Women and Legal Issues
Chiguhwa wa yosong siminkwon [Korean]
HN730.5 .A8 C3953 2002 EAST ASIAN LIBARY STACKS
Hamkke irunun namnyo pyongdung [Korean]
HQ1765.5 .S564 2002 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Ianfu, the comfort women of the Japanese Imperial Army of the Pacific War : broken silence [English]
D810 .C698 S25 2000X ROBARTS LIBRARY STACKS
Pop yosonghak [Korean]
K3243 .P35 2003 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
T'ongil taebi yosong kwallyon popche yongu : Pukhan yosong kwallyonpop kwa chuyo yosong kwallyon popche ui tonghap pangan yongu [Korean]
KPA517.5 .K5 2000 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Yoja nun wae? : yosong ogap ui oje wa onul [Korean]
HQ1765.5 .S649 1991 EAST ASIAN LIBARY STACKS
Yosong kwa pop [Korean]
KPA2467 .W65 Y59 2003 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Yosong yukpop [Korean]
KPA13 .Y67 2003 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Korean Women and Literature
Cho mulle eso unmyong ui sil i [Korean]
HQ1233 .Y5 2003 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Choson hugi yosong munhak ui chae chomyong [Korean]
PL957.9 .K4823 2004 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Choson sidae yosong munhak kwa sasang [Korean]
PL957.9 .C48 2003 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Creative women of Korea : the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries [English]
PL957.9 .C74 2004X ROBARTS LIBRARY STACKS,
TRINITY COLLEGE LIBRARY STACKS
Han'guk yosong kwangye charyojip. Kunsepyon [Korean/Chinese]
HQ1765.5 .H346 1990 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Source book for literary collections. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Wayfarer : new fiction by Korean women [English]
PL984 .E8 W39 1997X ROBARTS LIBRARY STACKS
Writing women in Korea : translation and feminism in the colonial period [English]
418.020820951 H999W ROBARTS LIBRARY STACKS,
OISE/UT LIBRARY WOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES COLLECTION
Korean Women and Social Issues
Beyond the shadow of Camptown : Korean military brides in America [English]
E184 .K6 Y85 2002 ROBARTS LIBRARY STACKS,
NEW COLLEGE LIBRARY(IVEY),
OISE/UT LIBRRAY,
UTM LIBRARY
Measured excess : status, gender, and consumer nationalism in South Korea [English]
HC470 .C6 N45 2000 ROBARTS LIBRARY STACKS
Munhwa sok ui song [Korean]
HQ21 .Y863 2001 EAST ASIAN LIBARY STACKS
Nanumu no Ie Rekishikan handobukku [Japanese]
D810 .C698 N362 2002 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Nikkan no sogo rikai to sengo hosho = New Japan-Korea partnership and the postwar compensation [Japanese]
D819 .J3 N55 2002 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
Post World War II repartitions, includes bibliographical references.
Pyonyan kara no kokuhatsu : Nihongun ianfu kyosei renko higaisha no sakebi [Japanese]
D810 .C698 I84 2001 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
The melodrama of mobility : women, talk, and class in contemporary South Korea [English]
305.2344 A141M ROBARTS LIBRARY STACKS,
OISE/UT LIBRARY (WOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE COLLECTION),
TRINITY COLLEGE LIBRARY STACKS
Yosong sidae enun namja to hwajang ul handa [Korean]
QP251 .C529 2003 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY STACKS
e-resources
E-books and e-journals can be accessed through the U of T Catalogue under the heading e-resources. However, off-campus use is restricted to the University of Toronto community.
For more e-journal titles, check under the e-resources section of this guide.
The East Asian Library Web Site also comprehensive list of additional e-resources that is helpful for research in Korean Studies.
Utopia: Women's Resources
[http://www.utopia-asia.com/womens.htm]
Utopia is devoted to Asian gay and lesbian issues. The site contains a list of women's resources for Korea, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.
Women's Human Rights Resources (WHRR) [English]
[http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/]
WHRR is a free, accessible on-line library of international women's rights law. The purpose of the WHRR web site is to help researchers, students, teachers, and human rights advocates locate authoritative and diverse information on women's international human rights via the Internet.
Associations and Organizations
Korean Association of Women's Studies=한국 여성 학회 [Korean/English]
[http://www.kaws.or.kr/english/index.html]
Provides news, conferences, and links to various Women's studies departments, institutes, in journals.
Korean National Commission for UNESCO [Korean/English]
[http://www.unesco.or.kr/eng]
Free full-text database of the Korean Journal published by Korean National Commission for UNESCO.
National Digital Library of Korea=국가전자도서관 [Korean]
[http://www.dlibrary.go.kr/]
Catalogue of most important Korean National Libraries.
Women's News=여성신문 [Korean/English]
[http://www.womennews.co.kr/default.asp]
Online feminism journal. Mostly in Korean language. Information in English is limited.
e-books
Getting Married In Korea [English]
[http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=6853]
This book is licensed for use by members of the University of Toronto community. For off-campus access you will need to connect to this resource via my.access service for off-campus users.
Sex Among Allies: Military Prostitution in U.S.-Korea Relations [English]
[http://www.ciaonet.org/book/moon/]
This book is licensed for use by members of the University of Toronto community. For off-campus access you will need to connect to this resource via my.access service for off-campus users.
e-journals
DBpia [Korean]
[http://www.dbpia.co.kr/]
New addition in the Korean e-Resources Collection. It is a searchable full-text database from over 200 Korean journals in various disciplines.
Ewha Women's Studies=이화 여성학 [Korean/English]
[http://ews.ewhawoman.or.kr/ewha_eng/index.php/]
Information on Women's Studies, research, and the women's movement. Searchable bibliography of books and periodicals available. This site provides a link that contains a bibliography of books and periodicals, The Women's Studies Review, Asian Journal of Women's Studies, Feminist Theology Review, Ewha Journal of Feminist Theology, Journal of Korean Women's Studies, and conference proceedings published by Ewha Woman’s University are available online. Search for materials by title, author, or keyword.
KISS (Korean studies Information Service System = Haksul nonmun service) [Korean]
[http://kiss.kstudy.com/]
Searchable indexing databases of over 740,000 full-text scholarly journal articles, dissertations and research papers
Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique [English]
[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pos/]
Digitized and made available by Project Muse.
Relevant article, Prof. Jesook Song (Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto), Family Breakdown and Invisible Homeless Women: Neo-liberal Governance during the Asian Debt Crisis in South Korea 1997-2001.
Journals
Print journals and periodicals are all currently available at the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library.
Additional e-journal titles can be found in the e-resources section of this guide.
e-journals
DBpia [Korean]
[http://www.dbpia.co.kr/]
New addition in the Korean e-Resources Collection. It is a searchable full-text database from over 200 Korean journals in various disciplines.
KISS (Koreanstudies Information Service System = Haksul nonmun service) [Korean]
[http://kiss.kstudy.com/]
Searchable indexing databases of over 740,000 full-text scholarly journal articles, dissertations and research papers.
Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique [English]
[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pos/]
Digitized and made available by Project Muse.
Relevant article, Prof. Jesook Song (Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto), Family Breakdown and Invisible Homeless Women: Neo-liberal Governance during the Asian Debt Crisis in South Korea 1997-2001.
Print
Asea yosong yon'gu [Korean]
HQ1765.5 .A13 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY PERIODICAL
Asian Journal of Women's Studies [Korean/English]
PER NEWC NEW COLLEGE LIBRARY PERIODICAL,
OISE/UT PERIODICAL
An interdisciplinary journal, published quarterly since 1995, offers articles discussing various women's issues from a feminist perspective. The journal also offers country reports, research notes and book reviews.
Yosong munhak yon’gu = Feminism and Korean literature [Korean]
PL957.5 .W65 Y63 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY PERIODICAL
Yosong yon’gu [Korean]
HQ1765.5 .A47 EAST ASIAN LIBRARY PERIODICAL
Reports
Reports are available in the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, other academic libraries at U of T and at the 5th floor of Robarts library which houses the collection of United Nations and other international organizations documents.
Statistics
Statistics on women in Asia and the Pacific, 1999 [English]
HQ1726 .L478 1999 NEW COLLEGE LIBRARY
The World's women, 2000 : trends and statistics. [English]
UN2..S...11-2000K16 ROBARTS LIBRARY DATA,
MAP & GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES (5TH FL.),
NEW COLLEGE LIBRARY,
UTM LIBRARY,
UTSC LIBRARY