ABSTRACT

In this article I propose two concepts – a borderline society and ‘rebellious mourning’ – to present a conceptual framework for understanding contemporary Korean feminism. This article argues that borderline society is both a concept and a product of co-existing and contesting ways of Korean women’s speaking against the culture of gender-based violence to consider the (imagined) topography for their co-existence as one that requires the psychic conception of reality as a counterpart to the patriarchy. Given that the 2016 femicide accelerated the movement of Korean women speaking about their experiences as an act of mourning, borderline society provides an understanding of how Korean women perform it. Drawing on contemporary news clippings and websites related to Korean feminist activism, this article examines how ‘rebellious mourning’ is embodied through the cultural practices of Korean activist groups. While Womad stands in opposition to #MeToo because of its negation of the patriarchy, Flame, Femi, Action is situated as a point of contact between the two. This article will thus provide a new understanding of the particularity of Korean feminism based on the link between the psyche and gender subjectivity of women speaking up, thereby placing a specific local situation into the broader context of constructing activism.

摘要

在这篇文章中，我提出了两个概念——边缘社会和“叛逆的哀悼”——来呈现一个理解当代韩国女权主义的概念框架。本文认为，边缘社会既是一个概念，又是韩国女性反对基于性别的暴力文化的言论的共存和竞争方式的一个概念和产物，以考虑（想象的）他们共存的地形作为一种需要心理的将现实概念视为父权制的对应物。鉴于 2016 年的杀戮女性事件加速了韩国女性将她们的经历作为哀悼行为的运动，边缘社会提供了对韩国女性如何表现的理解。利用与韩国女权主义活动相关的当代新闻剪报和网站，这篇文章探讨了“叛逆的哀悼”是如何通过韩国激进组织的文化实践来体现的。尽管Womad反对#MeToo，因为它否定了父权制，Flame ，Femi，Action被定位为两者之间的联系点。因此，本文将基于女性发声的心理和性别主体之间的联系，对韩国女权主义的特殊性提供新的理解，从而将特定的当地情况置于构建行动主义的更广泛背景下。