조선후기 언양 鄕班 가문의 사회 지위 유지와 그 양상 - 삼동면 보은리 丹陽 禹氏 가문의 사례연구 -

Abstract

This study is to discern the various stratums and change's meaning of the local elite in later Choson dynasty. This work is carried out through the old document materials, and focused on the efforts on the family of local elite to attain and maintain the symbolic power as elite. Danyang Woo Family dwells in Bounri Samdongmyeon, and their power is not far over than the another eight group's representing Unyang elite family. But they are also the member of the local elite society in Unyang. This work interested in the various local elite family in addition to the powerful family composing the local society, and reveals that there are many stratums and meaning of local family in later Choson Dynasty. Danyang Woo Family are located in Unyang Bounri, its appearance is rather later than the eight group's representing Unyang elite family. It is impossible for this family to attain the official position. In this social condition, Woo family takes a strategy to strength the relationship the local elite and the Office of Unyang to participate into the public rituals. So they can gradually achieve the social position. They takes many position, including public county school of private academy, Myeonim(面任) and Jwasu (overseer, 座首). In this process they takes part to lead the public opinion including the divide of the Myeon(面) and the financial management. As above mentioned, this family does the action culturally to expose the virtue of their family in the process attaining the social position as local elite. This action resulted in the efforts of 50 years to receive the devoted son and Monument House from the government. Its efforts go on to 19c middle and later, and mobilizing all of the powerful elite family in Unyang. To receive the devoted son and Monument House is a kind of Cultural strategy and it is important in attaining the social position, and especially later appeared local elites do their best. In the end, we can find the facts that the local elite of local society shares the symbolic power with many another elites and Woo family is to achieve and maintain their social position in this process.