Table of Contents

Preface Introduction A Cultural Account Family Backgrounds and Education Other Personal Characteristics Pathways to the National Assembly Winning Legislative Seats Patterns of Adaptive Response Private Meanings and Public Images Conclusion Appendix: Biographical Notes on Elected Women Legislators Glossary References Index

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This is a very welcome book, being the only study I know of dealing with women legislators in Korea. It not only provides detailed backgrounds and analysis of the careers of these women, but frequently makes useful comparisons with other societies. It also is particularly good at setting out the truly monumental obstacles to female political participation in South Korea, which remains a male bastion only outdone, perhaps, by Arab societies. -- Bruce Cumings Professor of History University of Chicago

About the Author

Chung-Hee Soh is assistant professor of anthropology at Southwest Texas State University. She received her PhD from the University of Hawaii, where she was an East-West Center grantee. Her research on Korean women in politics was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. She was a visiting assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona from 1990-91. She has traveled extensively and accompanied and assisted her father in his foreign service posts as a career diplomat of the Republic of Korea.

Reviews

"The Chosen Women in Korean Politics is not just anthropology; it is humanistic anthropology. It is also an important contribution to women's studies as well." - American Anthropologist

"Soh's work is a stimulating contribution to the underinvestigated field of gender in Korea, and to the broader comparative study of women in politics." - American Anthropologist