Legislation to change Korean society along Confucian lines began
at the founding of the Chosŏn dynasty in 1392 and had apparently
achieved its purpose by the mid seventeenth century. Until this
important new study, however, the nature of Koryŏ society, the
stresses induced by the new legislation, and society's resistance
to the Neo-Confucian changes imposed by the Chosŏn elite have
remained largely unexplored.
To explain which aspects of life in Koryŏ came under attack and
why, Martina Deuchler draws on social anthropology to examine
ancestor worship, mourning, inheritance, marriage, the position of
women, and the formation of descent groups. To examine how
Neo-Confucian ideology could become an effective instrument for
altering basic aspects of Koryŏ life, she traces shifts in
political and social power as well as the cumulative effect of
changes over time. What emerges is a subtle analysis of Chosŏn
Korean social and ideological history.
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