귀농지 적응에 대한 여성주의적 연구 : ‘남편연고형’ 여성을 중심으로

Abstract

Returning to the farm may be hard to define, however, people say that itis not just the transfer of a person's job but it is rather the conversion of theentire life of the family members. Because it is necessary for the farmerreturned to the soil to adapt himself including his family members to newcircumstances and culture, and also to choose crops, to look for the return-tothe-soil, to obtain the family members’ consent. To increase the number of the farmers returned to the soil who succeedto the family business means that returning to the farm is helpful for the verypeople who want to settle down hometown due to usefulness of the humancapital as well as the familiar natural environment of the return-to-the-soil. Thereturn-to-the-soil can be called the home of her husband in a sense, because thesuggestion of returning to the farm is mainly made by a husband in Korea. Returning to the farm from a woman's stand-point must be discussed separatelyfrom a man's position. It means that a woman returning to the farm is onething, a husband returning to the farm is quite another. Above situation must be a friendly environment from a husband'sposition, but it may be a strange environment from a woman's position. In thecase that the return-to-the-soil may be the traditional and conservative townstructure whose members may have the same name together and associate witha husband as if they were relatives, returning to the farm from a woman'sstand-point shall be faced with difficult problems such as the strangeenvironment, the unfamiliar labor and all the affairs of the family including thetown relatives of the same name together. Thus, the situation of returning to thefarm is not the same between a husband and a woman, it may demand thedifferent experience. In the case that the success of returning to the farm maybe caused by a stable settlement, as the adaptation of a woman in a sense isthe adaptation of the family members, so it is essential for a woman to adaptherself to a new life. For the purpose of analyzing the awareness of the problem with womenin the farmer family returned to the soil, I made and research an investigationon adaptation of the return-to-the-soil with a woman who has a husband whoreturns hometown. Through in-depth interviews, I investigated the adaptation ofthe return-to-the-soil of women in various forms. After examining day-to-daylife such as cultural activities, the collection of various information needed inthe adaptation of the return-to-the-soil with a woman, I informed that a womanwho has a husband who returns hometown was under the most difficultconditions unlike the situation of a husband. This study shows that it is vital for the purpose of the success ofreturning to the farm, to develop the agricultural settlement linked to ruralgrowth pursuant to the policies such as economic support, furthermore, to payattention to improvement of the quality of the farmer family life. In particular, Iemphasize that the experience and the awareness of the problem with womenwho might have felt alienated in the farmer family returned to the soil shouldbe reflected in forming the policies.