North Korean Women and Defection

Human Rights Violations and Activism
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1544-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 463 g

Recent North Korean diaspora has given rise to female refugee groups fighting for the protection of women’s rights.

Presenting in-depth accounts of North Korean women defectors living in the UK, this book examines how their harrowing experiences have become an impetus for their activism. The author also reveals how their utopian dream of a better future for fellow North Korean women is vital in their activism.

Unique in its focus on the intersections between gender, politics, activism and mobility, Lim's illuminating work will inform debates on activism and human rights internationally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lim, Hyun-Joo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Researching North Korean Women’s Human Rights: Methodological Considerations

3. Cycle of Oppression: Violations of Human Rights Against North Korean Women

4. North Korean Women’s Human Rights Activism

5. Altruistic Political Imagination (API)

6. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Lim, Hyun-Joo
Hyun-Joo Lim is Principal Academic in Sociology at Bournemouth University.

Hyun-Joo Lim is Principal Academic in Sociology at Bournemouth University.