EAS105H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Japanese Language, Qiu Jin, May Fourth Movement
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Modern girl, what images come to mind: 1890s in korea or meiji reform there was an edict to cut your hair [for men, not women] In east asia, it starts first with men [hair cutting: part of the nationalist project, hygiene is part of health. Issues of motherhood come out often: also emerging in this moment because of changes in economy and growth of city like. What are deeper context/changes: the big cities, populations in the big cities of ea are still huge, but material culture changes drastically, the rise of consumer culture modern girl, the rise of department store. I(cid:374) ko(cid:396)ea, a(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:454)atio(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:1005)9(cid:1005)(cid:1004), (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:271)e a(cid:374) ope(cid:374) (cid:374)atio(cid:374)alists afte(cid:396) (cid:1005)9(cid:1005)(cid:1004: new attitudes towards the population, every individual had to be concerned with their own self-improvement to make the nation stronger, vision of a social-darwinian movement. Language has to do with gender: part of nationalists movement, bringing women into the idea, movements are led by men and strong.
