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Kyung-Sook Shin with Jenny Wang Medina

The Korea Society

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The Role of Mother and Father in Korea

Shinn's novel here is actually contesting the figure of the strong patriarchy in Korea. I think it's just really beautiful the way that you have come around to both of them in different respects. But with this kind of deep interaction and like searching into the communal the community's understanding of not what the role was but who these people are.

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