Resisting from the Outside: South Korean Regional Feminism

• In Event: BIPOC Feminisms

Abstract

This paper discusses the intimate relationship among activists and other political actors in regions outside of Seoul, South Korea. Using Jesook Song and Laam Hae's (2019) framework of a place that can be studied in an increasingly globalized world and ethnographic fieldwork, I argue that the generally conservative nature of smaller towns and rural areas simultaneously restricts feminist political movement and creates tight alliances among activist organizations. Feminist activism outside the metropolitan is not derivative or adjacent, but is its own unique form of organizing and advocating for social justice.

Presenter

• Anat Schwartz, University of California Irvine