essay

The activities of women in southern California Korean community organizations

Korean women in transition : at home and abroadLos Angeles, CaliforniaPublished 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