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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Korean Feminist Poetry, a reading with WGS Professor Jung Ja Choi
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SUMMARY:Korean Feminist Poetry, a reading with WGS Professor Jung Ja Choi
DESCRIPTION:<p class="xx">	<!--break--><span><span>Learn about the fierce feminist poet who challenged Korean patriarchy in the early 1900s.</span></span></p><p class="xx">	<span><span>WGS presents a conversation with <strong>Professor Jung Ja Choi</strong> about her path-breaking new book on Kim Myŏng-sun, outspoken writer and change-maker.</span></span><span><span>Monday, April 3<sup>rd, </sup>3:00-4:00pm in the WGS Lounge (Boylston Hall, ground floor). </span></span><span><span>Refreshments included! </span></span></p><p>	<span><span>Jung Ja Choi received her PhD from Harvard’s East Asian Languages and Culture Department and teaches courses in WGS and Asian and Asian American studies. Her course “Sexing Korea: Gender and Sexuality in Korean Pop Culture” was featured by <em>ELLE Magazine</em> as # 5 on their list of “63 College Classes That Give Us Hope for the Next Generation.” Professor Choi’s new book, <em>The Life and Works of Korean Poet Kim Myŏng-sun: The Flower Dream of a Woman Born Too Soon</em> (Routledge, 2023) traces the life of a woman ahead of her time. Professor Choi describes Kim’s writings as early versions of #MeToo literature, as subversive challenges to traditional heteropatriarchal institutions and assumptions about gender and sexuality. </span></span></p><p>	 </p><p>	 </p>
LOCATION:WGS lounge, Boylston Hall, ground floor, Harvard University 
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