Essays about: "Hell Joseon"

Found 1 essay containing the words Hell Joseon.

  1. 1. ‘Hell Joseon’ - Tales from a South Korean Youth Trapped Between Past and Present

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Johan Cornelis Schoonhoven; [2017]
    Keywords : Compressed modernity; Hell Joseon; Youth; South Korea; Modernization; Inequality; Gender; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis takes its outset in the newly coined expression ‘Hell Joseon’ used by the youth in South Korea. ‘Hell Joseon’ is a comparison between today’s society and the pre-modern Joseon Dynasty. By asking “what are the main characteristics of life in ‘Hell Joseon’ from a youth perspective?”, I arrive at the following conclusion. READ MORE