• Human Ecology Research
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.573-586
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to review the conceptual framework of social constructionism and critical social constructionism in the research area of multi-cultural family homes, using a literature review. Fopp argued that social constructionism had an objectivation problem that only considered the actor side as a policy object; therefore he suggested a weaker social constructionist perspective with moderate relativism and the application of feminist epistemology to marginal life for maximizing objectivity. This article explores a conceptual framework for studying the reality of housing of multi-cultural families in Korea in the light of constructionist ideas and presents a review of empirical positivist data to support the framework. Based on results, using the social constructionist framework, five contexts (structural, institutional, organizational, operational, and intersubjective) were reviewed and ideas were suggested to develop an appropriate future situation for multi-cultural family homes. For a weaker social constructionist framework, three National Survey of Multi-Cultural Family Homes data sets were reviewed to determine the real condition of multi-cultural family homes. Further, from a feminist perspective, the empirical data of marginalized multi-cultural family homes were reviewed from the perspectives of gender inequality of decision making, cultural adaptation, and differentiation in housing related areas. In conclusion, two perspectives were useful for understanding multi-cultural family housing in Korea but must be compensated with substantial empirical data for a holistic approach.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.649-663
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• 2013

As cultural diversity has gained a great deal of attention and the social fabric of Korean society is redefined, the number of studies on multi-cultural family homes has been growing in the area of human ecology, but relevant research is rarely found on the subject of housing. While the emphasis of housing research is on multidisciplinary approaches and empirical research is highly valued, a theoretical and methodological platform for discussing the new rising agenda of multi-cultural family homes is lacking. The purpose of this study was to explore approaches to and to discuss the issues in research for multi-cultural family homes in terms of housing theories and multidisciplinary approaches. To understand the housing related needs of multi-cultural families, this study highlights social constructionism, the ecological perspective, and feminist epistemology. These three multidisciplinary approaches were useful for generating an ontological analysis of multi-cultural family homes. Further, this study highlights two housing related theories, the microsociological and housing pathways approaches, for dealing with multi-cultural family homes. In conclusion, the five approaches were useful for exploring issues in housing research on multi-cultural family homes with appropriate research methods like hermeneutics, quantitative, and qualitative methods, and field research. Insights into using perspectives and holistic approaches might be useful for solving the problems of multi-cultural family homes in Korea.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.504-518
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• 2009

Purpose: The purpose is to explore the illness experience of Korean women with breast cancer using feminist phenomenology. Methods: Data were collected by individual in-depth interviews from ten women with total mastectomy. The data were analyzed using Colaizzi's method from feminist perspective to reveal implicit socio-cultural norms that oppress women with breast cancer. Results: Two categories and seven major themes emerged: cancer-related experience (1) unfairness of having breast cancer; (2) being confined to the gaze of the others; patriarchy-related experience (3) hardness of being daughter-in-law; (4) struggling to keep on being good mother; (5) continued housework as duty; (6) recognizing self as precious wife, and (7) awakening of true self. All participants felt it was very unfair to get breast cancer because they had done their best for roles of mother, wife, and daughter-in-law. They struggled to free themselves from the social disgrace like the roles imposed by the patriarchal society. By awakening their true selves, they could manage a balance between other-oriented life and self-oriented life. Conclusion: Oncology nurses need to provide psychosocial support for women with breast cancer in finding their true selves in a traditional patriarchal society where women are oppressed and breast cancer is stigmatized.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.367-378
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• 2009

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to understand and describe health-related experience of women with physical disabilities, using feminist qualitative approach. Methods: Eight women with physical disabilities participated to the study. Their mean age was 43, ranging from 39 to 67 years old. The data were collected by individual in-depth interviews and all interviews were audio-taped and transcribed verbatim. The transcribed data were analyzed using traditional qualitative content analysis from a feminist perspective. Results: Six major categories emerged from the data. Category 1: "Isolation and alienation from the world.", Category 2: "A distorted self-image of physically disabled body.", Category 3: "Difficulties due to a fixed gender role.", Category 4: "Constant suffering from chronic pain.", Category 5: "Health problems that they have to endure by themselves.", Category 6: "Sublimation through self-reliance." The results of the study show how Korean women with physical disabilities suffer from social stigma, indifferences, and discriminations and struggle to survive in these unfriendly surroundings. Conclusion: The results of the study would help health professionals in designing effective intervention to improve health and to empower women with physical disabilities by providing deep understanding and critical insights of those women.

• 만화애니메이션 연구
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• 통권44호
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• pp.57-84
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• 2016

그동안 보수적 성향을 고수하던 디즈니가 애니메이션 <겨울왕국>에서 보여준 여성상은 파격이었다. <겨울왕국>의 두 공주는 전통적 성역할과 남성 의존에서 벗어난 주체적 여성으로 그려졌다. 이러한 이유로 <겨울왕국>을 페미니즘 작품으로 해석하는 경향이 있다. 주체적 여성상의 캐릭터는 페미니즘 작품을 규정하는 데에 중요한 지표가 될 수 있으나 이것만으로 작품 성향을 규정하는 것은 무리가 있다. 이에 본 연구는 <겨울왕국>이 페미니즘 작품으로서 타당한가를 검토하였다. 우선, <겨울왕국>의 주제의식인 '자매애'에는 자매간의 우정 이외에 '여성 연대'라는 페미니즘적 개념이 내포되어 있었다. 여성연대의 핵심 개념인 차이, 공감과 연대를 중심으로 <겨울왕국>을 분석했을 때, <겨울왕국>은 서사와 캐릭터, 이미지 등에서 '차이'를 반영하고 있었다. 그리고 진정한 사랑으로 오해와 갈등의 원인이 된 자매의 차이를 인정하자 공감과 연대가 형성되는 과정을 그리고 있었다. 공감과 희생으로 맺어진 엘사와 안나의 연대는 적대자를 물리치는 힘이 되었을 뿐 아니라, 다시 봄을 찾아 재 건립된 아델렌처럼 상생의 공동체를 이룬다는 페미니즘적 가치를 반영하고 있었다. 따라서 <겨울왕국>을 페미니즘 작품으로 해석하는 것이 가능함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.914-923
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• 2005

Purpose: Although feminism has been actively discussed and applied to nursing in Western societies since the 1980s, it is little known among Korean scholars as well as Korean nurses. This article explores the use of feminist perspectives in nursing science in other developed countries and suggests how feminism could be applied to nursing science in Korea. Method: The literature related to nursing and feminism were reviewed in terms of nursing practice, education, and research. Result: This article describes what feminism is and how feminism and nursing have evolved historically over time in other countries, especially in Western societies. In addition, it discusses how it can be applied to nursing practice, education, and research in Korea. Conclusion: Accepting feminist perspective in Korean nursing could benefit in empowering nurses by valuing nursing, by raising self-esteem of nurses, and by raising the consciousness of socio-political realities. Eventually it could benefit in changing and developing nursing science in Korea.

• 한국언론정보학보
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• 제16권
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• pp.36-70
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• 2001

The purpose of this study is to investigate women's radio talk program and evaluate its possibilities and limitation from the point of feminist perspective. The theoretical framework is based on feminist studies and text analysis of talk show. Existing studies regarding talk show are mainly focused on television. But radio talk show is one of general entertainment and it's influences on minorities are still significant. is the most representative women's radio talk program in Korea. It has been broadcasted over 10 years and very popular among Korean housewives. The audience of this program call themselves schoolfellow, and call the program 'school of women'. The media text of is mainly consisted of letters from women audiences, and they are selected by producers. So the text is made by both audiences and producers. The unique combination of this process produces complicated discourses which contain women's experiences in letters and station's considerations through safekeeping. The problems investigated in this study are as follows: First, What discourses are produced in this program? Second, Alternative possibilities can be seen in this program in feminist perspectives? Text analysis of 1week(2000.9.18-9.24) and interview with producers are accomplished to this purposes. In the text analysis, subject matters, inscribed women's position, values of the letters are revealed. Most of the subject matters are family affairs. Some are socially oriented but family and home are the predominant category of women's letters. And the position of women subject is defined in the domestic network. They are nameless but the mother, wife, daughter, daughter-in-law of other people. In value, family-oriented value and small happiness in everyday life are generally appeared. But these values are essentially coincide with the values of status quo. The answers of the conflict are not public but individualized. And acception the status quo is presented as the wisest decision, But ` has many implications in relation to women's sharing of their experience, and construction of imagined community in media. Women continuously interact each other revealing and discussing their experiences and sometimes their social practices are stirred through this media sphere. So we see the 'emotional union' among women are formed through radio. The limitation of this program is very apparent: it's patriarchic values, acception of status quo, and individualization of the women's problems. But in the same time we can read coexisting it's latent possibilities: the possibilities of women's public sphere. But it is completely alternative women's sphere in feminist perspectives. It renders women opportunities to participate public media and share with other women, and collaborate with their problem.

• 예술인문사회 융합 멀티미디어 논문지
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• 제6권7호
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• pp.321-328
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• 2016

본 연구는 자신의 고향이 떠나 이주를 경험한 구약성서의 여성들(하갈, 다말, 라합, 룻, 수넴에 사는 귀한 여성, 이름없는 어린 여종)을 중심으로 현재를 살아가는 다문화사회에서 적용할 가치를 찾는 것이다. 이들이 각각 등장하는 성서본문은 다양한 상황과 배경임에도 불구하고 주로 가정 안에서 여성의 역할을 강화하는 목적으로 사용되어 온 것에 대해 비판한다. 이주의 관점으로 여성신학적 비평, 이야기 비평, 독자반응비평 등을 적용하여 새로운 해석을 도출하였다. 당시 여성에게 제약이 많은 가부장적 사회에서 서로 배경과 상황이 달랐음에도 불구하고 6명의 이주여성 모두는 자신의 긍정적인 역할을 통해 주변과 평화적인 관계를 만들어낸 사례로 소개했다. 이는 인종, 성, 계급이라고 하는 이주민과 비이주민, 여성과 남성, 경제적 차이를 인정하되 이를 차별의 도구로 사용하지 않도록 제안한다. 또한 이들 성서의 여성들을 통해 주체적이며 사회 정의와 평화를 위해 노력하는 역할 모델로서의 가능성도 발견할 수 있다.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.5-44
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• 2010

본고의 목적은 동성애에 관한 사회복지(학) 지식생산 양식을 비판적으로 검토하고 이론적·실천적 확장을 시도하고자 하는 것이다. 사회복지(학)의 성적 소수자에 관한 연구 경향들은 병리와 결함으로 개념화했던 초기의 의료적 담론을 넘어 인권과 다양성이라는 인권담론으로 이동해왔다. 이러한 변화는 상당한 진전임에도 불구하고 이미 '다수' 를 정상화하고 규범화하는 이분법을 전제하고 '타자화되는' 사회구조적인 맥락을 간과하면서 다양성을 단순히 병렬적으로 나열하는 한계를 드러낸다. 무엇보다 두 가지 담론 모두 섹슈얼리티에 관한 본질론적 입장에 근거한다는 공통점을 지닌다. 이에 반해 페미니스트들은 섹슈얼리티를 사회적인 구성물이자 역사적으로 의미 부여된 사회적 장치라는 인식하에 섹슈얼리티와 동성애에 관한 새로운 이론화를 진행해 왔다. 예를 들어, 레즈비언 페미니즘은 남성중심사회에서 사회적 억압에 대한 변혁의 주체로서 레즈비언 정체성을 강조하며, 페미니스트 퀴어이론은 섹스와 젠더와 섹슈얼리티에 관한 분류 그 자체를 문제시하고 해체하고자 한다. 이 이론들은 주체에 대한 새로운 이해방식을 제안하며, 섹스와 젠더, 섹슈얼리티에 관한 통념에 도전하게 하고, 이성애/동성애의 이분법이 사회적으로 구성되고 의미화된 권력의 효과라는 분석을 가능하게 한다. 본 연구자들은 페미니스트 섹슈얼리티 이론의 통찰력을 빌어 사회복지(학)에서의 '성적 소수자' 에 대한 논의가 '새롭게' 구성될 것을 주장하면서 궁극적으로 보다 진보적 사회복지학의 지평을 지향하고자 한다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제14권10호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2016

Purpose - This paper explores a new possibility of care ethics for social service. As the needs for care have been growing rapidly in various social fields, 'care' became an important concept in envisioning a welfare state. However, due to the lack of proper ethics and political stance applied to the newly arisen needs and challenges, there exist lots of confusions and difficulties. Research design, data, and methodology - Introducing the feminist ethics of care, this paper examines the relationship of care and justice in social service. As a main research perspective, this study has focused on Kittay's public ethics of care and Tronto's political ethics of care. Results - Drawing on the main research perspective, this study discusses on the necessity of a political conceptualization for an integrative care ethics. In the process, The specialty and professionality of care work as a relational labor was reconsidered. Kittay's care ethics provides a persuasive justification for social support for care workers as well as care receivers, and Tronto's ethics shows us the role of care politics for democratic citizenship. Conclusions - Tronto's ethics of care with Kittay's gives us valuable insights to envision a new public ethics for social service that takes into account both care and justice properly.