Social equity and collective action : the social history of the Korean Paekjong under Japanese colonial rule
The main aim of this thesis is to reconstruct and analyse the Hyongpyongsa [Equity Society] and its activities in Korea under Japanese colonial rule. The work presents a historical and sociological account of the social life of the paekjong, the beneficiaries of the Society's activities, and of an assessment of the social dynamics of the period with particular reference to the Hyongpyong movement. Part One stresses the historical and social backgrounds of the paekjong who were discriminated against and stigmatised throughout the Choson period and even before. Their distinct occupations, mainly relating to slaughtering, butchering and wickerwork, left them segregated from the rest of the society. While their social conditions had improved in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, their stigmatised status continued well into the twentieth century and up to the 19205. Part One reviews the ~constraining~ and ~enabling~ factors in the eventual foundation of the Hyongpyongsa in 1923. Part Two discusses the birth, development, dynamics, and decline of the Hyongpyong movement, which was initiated by ~professional social movement activities~ and wealthy paekjong, and then developed with the enthusiastic support
Kim, Joong-Seop
Sociology
Social equity and collective action : the social history of the Korean Paekjong under Japanese colonial rule. The main aim of this thesis is to reconstruct and analyse the Hyongpyongsa [Equity Society] and its activities in Korea under Japanese colonial rule. The work presents a historical and sociological account of the social life of the paekjong, the beneficiaries of the Society's activities, and of an assessment of the social dynamics of the period with particular reference to the Hyongpyong movement. Part One stresses the historical and social backgrounds of the paekjong who were discriminated against and stigmatised throughout the Choson period and even before. Their distinct occupations, mainly relating to slaughtering, butchering and wickerwork, left them segregated from the rest of the society. While their social conditions had improved in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, their stigmatised status continued well into the twentieth century and up to the 19205. Part One reviews the ~constraining~ and ~enabling~ factors in the eventual foundation of the Hyongpyongsa in 1923. Part Two discusses the birth, development, dynamics, and decline of the Hyongpyong movement, which was initiated by ~professional social movement activities~ and wealthy paekjong, and then developed with the enthusiastic support
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