essay
The activities of women in southern California Korean community organizations
Korean women in transition : at home and abroad • Los Angeles, California • Published In 1987 • Pages: 275-299
By: Yu, Eui-Young.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Yu deals with the characteristics of Korean community organization as they relate to the status and role of women in the society. The essay also examines women's organizations and roles in overall community processes and attempts to reveal the level and nature of community involvement of Korean American women and the factors related to such involvement. The data for this study are derived mainly from interviews with selected female and male leaders in the Korean community of southern California. Additional information was obtained from documents and statistics published by various community organizations, including church bulletins (p. 276).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gender status
- Sodalities
- Pressure politics
- Education system
- Teachers
- Students
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Korean Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1995
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Eui-Young Yu
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87018814
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Korean Americans