식민지기 신여성 비행사 이정희(李貞喜)의 입지전(立志傳)－‘현실의 길’과 ‘역사의 길’－

Abstract

Lee Jung-hee(李貞喜) was a new woman who lived in the modern era. As a new female aviator, the reality was difficult for her to fulfill her aspirations to her fullest, and she had to face three problems. One had to overcome accusations and disputes that she had compromised with the Japanese imperialism in order to become a pilot, such as ignorance and ignorance of science and technology in Joseon society, the two had to be ridiculed and ignored by a male-centered patriarchal society. This article aims not to look at the independence movement or nationalism, but to restore a new female aviator who was filled with dreams and passion for aviators. Lee Jung-hee had a lot of conflict and anguish at the crossroads of either anti-Japanese or pro-Japanese. This can be said differently, whether it is the path of history or reality. In the end, she chose the path of reality. We saw a female aviator who struggled in the ‘path of history’ of the dream of an aviator and the ‘path of history’ of the life of an independence activist after defecting to China. If one only looks at the colonial period from the perspective of nationalism, one cannot fully examine the process of individual life and social differentiation. This article will be an answer to that. Through her, it was possible to get a glimpse of how she endured and overcame the gloomy situation of Japanese colonial era as a woman, and how she became the No. 1 in the field of aviation, where it is difficult for men to challenge, beyond the dichotomy between anti-Japanese and pro-Japanese. Lee Jung-hee’s life itself was a women’s liberation movement.