조선후기 서북지역 여성의 지역성 -관비(官婢)와 열녀(烈女)를 중심으로-

Abstract

This thesis examines the historical materials and literary works about female slaves and virtuous women in the northern region to investigate the locality of women in the northern region. Focus of this thesis is put on 2 incidents. The first one is agitation of Okbi(玉婢) in 1583. It was confirmed that compulsory repatriation of female slaves in the northern region was closely related to maintenance of power system in the region. And it was also confirmed that protest of female slaves and concubinage were the result of the desire of male officials for having concubines and the desire of female slaves for ascension of their social status. In the northern region, institutional constraints on female slaves were clearly shown, so protest of female slaves and concubinage should be understood in the aspect of the social system and management of the state. The second one is the attack of Lee, Ui Pung(李義豐), a provincial military commander of the northern region in 1734. Different opinions about the attack between central literati and local literati were revealed in the 'Stories of Virtuous Women'. The image of virtuous women in the northern region described by local literati was a common image of women which was a product of the ideology. However, image of virtuous women described by central literati was rather voluntary actions caused by loyalty of a human towards other human than actions caused by ideological obligations imposed on women. Such virtuous actions can be regarded as an example of locality of women in the northern region when they are considered in the light of history and cultural characteristics of the region.