Youngmin Kim is Associate Professor of Political Science at Seoul National University. Michael J. Pettid is Associate Professor of Premodern Korean Studies at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He is the author of Korean Cuisine: An Illustrated History and cotranslator (with Kil Cha) of Unyoáng-joán: A Love Affair at the Royal Palace of Chosoán Korea.

• List of TablesList of Illustrations1. IntroductionMichael J. Pettid and Youngmin Kim2. Portrait of Two Women: Multiple Layers of "Confucianism" in Late Chosŏn KoreaYoungmin Kim3. The Exemplar Wife: The Life of Lady Chang of Andong in Historical ContextLee SoonGu4. Confucian Educational Works for Upper Status Women in Chosŏn KoreaMichael J. Pettid5. Neo-Confucianism as Free-floating Resource: Im Yunjidang and Kang Chŏngildang as Two Female Neo-Confucian Philosophers in Late ChosŏnYoungmin Kim6. The Rights of the Eldest Daughter-in-Law and Strengthening of Adoption of Lineage Heirs in the Mid-Chosŏn PeriodLee SoonGu7. Questions Concerning Widows’ Social Status and Remarriage in Late ChosŏnJung Ji-Young8. Devalued Bodies, Revalued Status: Confucianism and the Plight of Female Slaves in Late Chosŏn KoreaMilan HejtmanekGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Youngmin Kim is Associate Professor of Political Science at Seoul National University. Michael J. Pettid is Associate Professor of Premodern Korean Studies at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He is the author of Korean Cuisine: An Illustrated History and cotranslator (with Kil Cha) of Unyoáng-joán: A Love Affair at the Royal Palace of Chosoán Korea.

• List of TablesList of Illustrations1. IntroductionMichael J. Pettid and Youngmin Kim2. Portrait of Two Women: Multiple Layers of "Confucianism" in Late Chosŏn KoreaYoungmin Kim3. The Exemplar Wife: The Life of Lady Chang of Andong in Historical ContextLee SoonGu4. Confucian Educational Works for Upper Status Women in Chosŏn KoreaMichael J. Pettid5. Neo-Confucianism as Free-floating Resource: Im Yunjidang and Kang Chŏngildang as Two Female Neo-Confucian Philosophers in Late ChosŏnYoungmin Kim6. The Rights of the Eldest Daughter-in-Law and Strengthening of Adoption of Lineage Heirs in the Mid-Chosŏn PeriodLee SoonGu7. Questions Concerning Widows’ Social Status and Remarriage in Late ChosŏnJung Ji-Young8. Devalued Bodies, Revalued Status: Confucianism and the Plight of Female Slaves in Late Chosŏn KoreaMilan HejtmanekGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Youngmin Kim is Associate Professor of Political Science at Seoul National University. Michael J. Pettid is Associate Professor of Premodern Korean Studies at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He is the author of Korean Cuisine: An Illustrated History and cotranslator (with Kil Cha) of Unyoáng-joán: A Love Affair at the Royal Palace of Chosoán Korea.

• List of TablesList of Illustrations1. IntroductionMichael J. Pettid and Youngmin Kim2. Portrait of Two Women: Multiple Layers of "Confucianism" in Late Chosŏn KoreaYoungmin Kim3. The Exemplar Wife: The Life of Lady Chang of Andong in Historical ContextLee SoonGu4. Confucian Educational Works for Upper Status Women in Chosŏn KoreaMichael J. Pettid5. Neo-Confucianism as Free-floating Resource: Im Yunjidang and Kang Chŏngildang as Two Female Neo-Confucian Philosophers in Late ChosŏnYoungmin Kim6. The Rights of the Eldest Daughter-in-Law and Strengthening of Adoption of Lineage Heirs in the Mid-Chosŏn PeriodLee SoonGu7. Questions Concerning Widows’ Social Status and Remarriage in Late ChosŏnJung Ji-Young8. Devalued Bodies, Revalued Status: Confucianism and the Plight of Female Slaves in Late Chosŏn KoreaMilan HejtmanekGlossaryBibliographyIndex