TY  - JOUR
T1  - Between Patriarchy and Neoliberalism: Cho Namju’s 83-nyŏnsaeng Kim Chiyŏng
AU  - Yoon, Sarah 
JO  - Academia Koreana
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/1/1
DO  - 10.18399/acta.2020.23.1.003
KW  - patriarchy in Korea
KW  - Korea and neoliberalism
KW  - feminist literature in Korea
KW  - motherhood in Korean novels
KW  - Cho Namju [Cho Nam-joo].
AB  - Cho Namju’s 82-nyŏnsaeng Kim Chiyŏng is a 2016 bestselling Korean novel that has received international attention. Having achieved immense popularity in Korea, the novel has become a centerpiece of recent feminist discussions in Korea through its exposure of contradictions in and between the patriarchal regime and a neoliberal society. This article explores the tensions and contradictions of these two models of social organization and their uneasy alliance in this novel, particularly in the narrated experiences of young mothers.