@article{ART002752538},
author={Jiyoung Suh},
title={Layers of Representation in Yŏak (Female Musicians): Artist-kinyŏ in the Chosŏn period},
journal={The Research of the Korean Classic},
issn={1226-3850},
year={2021},
number={54},
pages={197-234},
doi={10.20516/classic.2021.54.197}
TY - JOUR
AU - Jiyoung Suh
TI - Layers of Representation in Yŏak (Female Musicians): Artist-kinyŏ in the Chosŏn period
JO - The Research of the Korean Classic
PY - 2021
VL - null
IS - 54
PB - The Research Of The Korean Classic
SP - 197
EP - 234
SN - 1226-3850
AB - This article focuses on the yŏak system as part of the rites and music policy in the Chosŏn period and explores the specific role of yŏak as one of the obligatory duties assigned to kinyŏ, who served the royal court and local governments as maidservants. In particular, this attempts to trace the trajectory of yŏak as musicians in the royal ceremonies and banquets and the process of gaining recognition through musical competence, while reading against the grain of the dominant representation of kinyŏ as courtesans tied to “improper sexuality” or “improper tunes” in the Confucian discourses. This article suggests that the kinyŏ’s repetitive music performances were a way of fulfilling the physical labor of the maidservant for the government while paradoxically resulting in building the contexture of the artist-kinyŏ’s life history more than just the marginalized other.
KW - yŏak;body;arts;court banquet;court musician;artist-kinyŏ
DO - 10.20516/classic.2021.54.197
ER -
Jiyoung Suh. (2021). Layers of Representation in Yŏak (Female Musicians): Artist-kinyŏ in the Chosŏn period. The Research of the Korean Classic, 54, 197-234.
Jiyoung Suh. 2021, "Layers of Representation in Yŏak (Female Musicians): Artist-kinyŏ in the Chosŏn period", The Research of the Korean Classic, no.54, pp.197-234. Available from: doi:10.20516/classic.2021.54.197
Jiyoung Suh "Layers of Representation in Yŏak (Female Musicians): Artist-kinyŏ in the Chosŏn period" The Research of the Korean Classic 54 pp.197-234 (2021) : 197.
Jiyoung Suh. Layers of Representation in Yŏak (Female Musicians): Artist-kinyŏ in the Chosŏn period. 2021; 54 : 197-234. Available from: doi:10.20516/classic.2021.54.197
Jiyoung Suh. "Layers of Representation in Yŏak (Female Musicians): Artist-kinyŏ in the Chosŏn period" The Research of the Korean Classic no.54(2021) : 197-234.doi: 10.20516/classic.2021.54.197
Jiyoung Suh. Layers of Representation in Yŏak (Female Musicians): Artist-kinyŏ in the Chosŏn period. The Research of the Korean Classic, 54, 197-234. doi: 10.20516/classic.2021.54.197
Jiyoung Suh. Layers of Representation in Yŏak (Female Musicians): Artist-kinyŏ in the Chosŏn period. The Research of the Korean Classic. 2021; 54 197-234. doi: 10.20516/classic.2021.54.197
Jiyoung Suh. Layers of Representation in Yŏak (Female Musicians): Artist-kinyŏ in the Chosŏn period. 2021; 54 : 197-234. Available from: doi:10.20516/classic.2021.54.197
Jiyoung Suh. "Layers of Representation in Yŏak (Female Musicians): Artist-kinyŏ in the Chosŏn period" The Research of the Korean Classic no.54(2021) : 197-234.doi: 10.20516/classic.2021.54.197