Male Violence and Female Body in Kang Han’s “Vegetarian”
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This article examines the connotation of meat in Kang Han’s “Vegetarian” and addresses its connection with male violence and female resistance. First, it explores the family relationships,specifically, of father-daughter and husband-wife within the Korean sociocultural context. Second, the meaning of meat is explicated within the parameters of patriarchal culture, which is employed as a useful framework that documents the origins of gender dichotomies in Korea. Third and most importantly, this paper elucidates the cultural messages written on Young-hye’s body through the process of detecting male violence in the text and by focusing on the heroine’s performance. The last scene of “Vegetarian” presents the most explicit and powerful protest through the protagonist’s body and its language. By crossing and re-crossing the boundary of meateater and vegetarian, Young-hye’s body paralyzes the system of patriarchy and demolishes the hierarchical gender dichotomy;furthermore, it envisions the possibility of a new paradigm, the horizontal partnership between male and female.
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This article examines the connotation of meat in Kang Han’s “Vegetarian” and addresses its connection with male violence and female resistance. First, it explores the family relationships,specifically, of father-daughter and husband-wife within the Korean sociocultural context. Second, the meaning of meat is explicated within the parameters of patriarchal culture, which is employed as a useful framework that documents the origins of gender dichotomies in Korea. Third and most importantly, this paper elucidates the cultural messages written on Young-hye’s body through the process of detecting male violence in the text and by focusing on the heroine’s performance. The last scene of “Vegetarian” presents the most explicit and powerful protest through the protagonist’s body and its language. By crossing and re-crossing the boundary of meateater and vegetarian, Young-hye’s body paralyzes the system of patriarchy and demolishes the hierarchical gender dichotomy;furthermore, it envisions the possibility of a new paradigm, the horizontal partnership between male and female.
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