Changing labor processes of women's work: the haenyo of Jeju Island.

From: Korean Studies | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

This article delves into the subject of women and work as applied to the female divers (haenyo) of Jeju Island in Korea. It supports the development theory critiques about women and confirms Boserup's seminal study. Remarkably, the Jeju haenyo have been economically productive in the Confucian culture of Korea, but their labor processes have been conditioned by economic as well as non-economic factors. The article analyzes the effects of gender in the rise and fall of this women's working group. Even though the Jeju haenyo have had a relatively higher economic status in the family ...

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