The Confucian transformation of Korea : a study of society and ideology /

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Author / Creator:Deuchler, Martina, 1935-
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University ; Distributed by Harvard University Press, 1992.
Description:xiii, 439 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series 36
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1378289
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ISBN:0674160886
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-408) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Society and Ideology
  • The Contours of Korean Society in Late Chos On
  • The Transmission of Confucianism to Korea
  • The Early Formation of Korean Neo-Confucianism
  • Neo-Confucianism as an Ideology of Change
  • The Pre-Confucian Past: A Reconstruction of Koryn Society
  • Kinship and Descent
  • Succession and Inheritance
  • Marriage in KoryO: Sociopolitical Aspects
  • Marriage in KoryO: Institutional Aspects
  • Mourning and Funerary Rites
  • Conclusions: KoryO Society Reconsidered
  • Neo-Confucianism: The Ideological Foundation of Social Legislation in Early Chosnn
  • The Rise of New Dynastic Forces
  • The Intellectual Formation of the New Elite
  • The Disintegration of KoryO Society and the Buddhist Question
  • In Search of a New Societal Model
  • The Reorganization of Society
  • The Neo-Confucians' Research Sources and Institutions
  • The Relevance of Ancient Models Assimilation and Conflict
  • Elitism and Ideology
  • Agnation and Ancestor Worship
  • The Neo-Confucian View of Society
  • The Introduction of Ancestor Worship
  • The First Contours of a Lineal Concept
  • Lineal Succession and Ancestor Worship
  • Ancestor Worship and Secondary Sons
  • Ancestor Worship and Women
  • Non-Agnatic Succession
  • Genealogies as Descent Group Charts
  • Ancestral Rites: Economic Aspects
  • Ancestral Rites: Institutional Aspects
  • Ritual Literature
  • Ancestral Kites: Religious Aspects
  • Toward Implementing Ritual Primogeniture
  • Mourning and Funerary Rites
  • Prelude to Revised Mourning
  • The Transformation of the Mourning Grades
  • Ritual Aspects
  • Funerary Rituals and Geomancy
  • Inheritance
  • The State and Private Property
  • The Agnatic Principle and Inheritance
  • Wills and Regulations Affecting Inheritance
  • Inheritance and Women
  • From Ritual to Economic Primogeniture
  • Confucian Legislation: The Consequences for Women
  • The Institutionalizing of Primary and Secondary Wives
  • Marriage Rules and Strategies
  • The Confucian-Style Wedding Ceremony
  • The Royal Wedding Ceremony
  • The Korean Wedding Ceremony
  • Training and Indoctrination of Women
  • Life in the Husband's Household
  • The Married Woman's Legal and Ritual Functions
  • Secondary Wives and Their Sons
  • The Dissolution of the Conjugal Bond
  • Widowhood and Remarriage
  • The Confucians' Immutable Image of Women
  • Conclusions: The Emergence of A Lineage Society
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • Index