false 1429333 1 <p> <br> <em>Anxiety of Words</em> focuses on the work of three contemporary Korean women poets whose fierce poetic voices display a critical consciousness of women's lives under patriarchy, capitalism, and neocolonialism. Each poet is represented, in bilingual format, by approximately twenty poems and a biographical introduction. The volume also contains a detailed introduction to the Korean poetry scene by translator Don Mee Choi, with a focus on the historical and contemporary role of women poets in Korea. <br></p> <p>The poetry of Ch'oe Su?ng-ja, Kim Hyesoon, and Yi Yo?n-ju consistently violates the literary expectations of gentle and subservient <em>yoryu</em> (female) poetry through innovative language and depictions of Korean women's identities and struggles. <br></p> <p>Ch'oe employs a confessional device that opposes and resists her outside world-the patriarchy. Kim employs conversational schemes that involve dialogues between multiple selves within a woman to discover her own identity, and Yi, before her suicide, embraced the language of decay and death, while her stark and powerful language was created in relation to the lives of economically and socially marginalized women in Korean society. <br>By challenging literary and gender expectations, Ch'oe, Kim, and Yi occupy a marginalized position in Korean society as women and poets. In the context of South Korea's highly patriarchal and structured society, their poetry is defiant and revolutionary. <br>Ã, </p> 1419828 1 10 2006 Anxiety of Words: Contemporary Poetry by Korean Women total:4|5:3|4:1| 4 19 8 1 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 28 00:21:10 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 00:21:10 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jul 06 16:42:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 16:42:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 21 22:22:10 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 22:22:10 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon May 18 20:58:22 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 20:58:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 03 21:32:51 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 21:32:51 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun May 25 19:26:43 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 19:26:43 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Apr 04 07:33:21 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 07:33:33 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Oct 22 11:03:38 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 11:03:50 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1429333