EAS271H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: March 1St Movement, Modern Boy, Reform Movement
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Korea in the 1920s-1930s recall, this is soon after the march 1st movement. No colony had ever before been industrialized to the level of japan"s korea colony (textbook pg 76) Whether this was good or bad is up for debate however, recall kim dong-no"s argument. Experiences of the korean people were not restricted to the peninsula. Education koreans studying in japan, usa, russia and china. New social relations recall western missionaries & feminists both inside/outside korea. More women and feminist groups in public life. It was this generation of student who fostered the cosmopolitan colonial culture of the 1920s and 1930s in korea (textbook pg 54) Relaxation of the popular press (ie. censorship) Advertising revenue (japanese commercial sources) ie. flourishing of women"s magazines/journals in the 1920s. During the 1920s, korea experienced what could be called a renaissance of magazine culture, with approximately 170 different magazines in circulation including a variety of women"s magazines. (kim youngna pg 159)
